[opensource-dev] oh give me a break

Marine Kelley marinekelley at gmail.com
Sun Mar 14 15:32:59 PDT 2010


Simply the facts that my scripts are NOT to be ported to other grids unless
I am certain the source code, which would be uploaded by me only, is
protected. Any other way of porting my scripts to other grids and to use it
there is theft.


On 14 March 2010 23:29, New Hax <newhaxx at gmail.com> wrote:

> No im not kidding, whats going to stop people from taking your
> scripts, when you can hop from one grid to another? Interoperability?
> The sim owner can take your scripts.  For now scripts are protected
> because Linden Labs owns the code.
>
> On 3/14/10, Marine Kelley <marinekelley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > You are kidding here, right ?
> >
> > On 14 March 2010 23:27, New Hax <newhaxx at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> there shouldn't be. if SL is to be open, and really open source, then
> >> the scripts on it should be GPL as well. But it's different because
> >> scripts CAN be protected FOR NOW but blobs of binary and graphics ,
> >> textures, and blobs of prims cannot.
> >>
> >> If i take a sphere prim and put a happy face texture on it, do i
> >> suddenly own all sphere prims with happy face textures on them?
> >>
> >> I think that yea scripts should be open too it'd be in the spirit of
> >> real opensource dev. But if you want to lock them up you ccan since
> >> they run on the server.
> >>
> >> but this will change with interop. you wont be able to protect scripts
> >> either when you go to someone else's sim, they can take your code
> >> then. so I say dont bother.
> >>
> >> eventually once everything is opened people will get over the idea of
> >> 'intellectual property' like a sickness.
> >>
> >> On 3/14/10, Lawson English <lenglish5 at cox.net> wrote:
> >> > New Hax wrote:
> >> >> then what are you doing on an opensource list if you want your
> content
> >> >> wrapped in DRM.
> >> >>
> >> >> sl will die if its not open. and you can't compare rl doors to the
> >> >> internet. if you dont lock your rl door I can come in and take
> >> >> something of yours that isnt replaceable.
> >> >>
> >> >> but on the internet as a content maker you can make INFINITE products
> >> >> so you arent losing anything if i copy it and make no money off of
> it.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > So lets open up all scripting sources too. I mean no need for content
> >> > protection there, either, right?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Lawson
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
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