[opensource-dev] Third party viewer policy: commencement date

[Carlo Wood]

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 09:21:25AM -0700, Joe Linden wrote:
> The updated version of the Third Party Viewer Policy was posted here about a
> week ago:
> http://secondlife.com/corporate/tpv.php

That says that if a developer changes the code and distributes it,
you reserve the right to pursue any and all legal and equitable remedies:

3 a. If you are a [...] Developer of Third-Party Viewers, you must not:
  [...] design Third-Party Viewers to [...]

If we believe you are or have been associated with activities that violate
this paragraph, either within or outside of Second Life, we may take any
enforcement action we deem appropriate [...] and pursuit of all legal and
equitable remedies.

7 d. You (Developer of Third-Party Viewers) assume all risks, expenses, and
     defects of any Third-Party Viewers that you [use,] develop, or(!) distribute.

This is not compatible with the GPL.
Therefore, anyone who contributed to the GPL-ed code has a case
if they want to retract their contribution.

-- 
Carlo Wood <carlo at alinoe.com>