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

[Boy Lane]

Again, I completely agree with you. I can develop any viewer based on the 
Linden sources and be GPL compliant.

But, what I can not do it is to be compliant to GPL and TPV the same time. 
As such the otherwise legitimate GPL
viewer will not be allowed to connect to the SecondLife grid. Which makes 
the first attempt pointless.

And because of that all and every current 3rd party viewers based on GPLed 
LL sources can not be allowed
to connect to the SL grid.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tayra Dagostino" <tayra.dagostino at gmail.com>
To: "Boy Lane" <boy.lane at yahoo.com>
Cc: <opensource-dev at lists.secondlife.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Third party viewer policy: commencement date


> On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:40:54 +0800
> "Boy Lane" <boy.lane at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Tayra. You said it in other words but that is exactly what I
>> wrote. I can not make a 3rd party viewer that is not violating either
>> TPV or GPL and the same time can *legally* connect to the SecondLife
>> grid..
>>
>> That leaves 2 options:
>> 1) Develop a GPL viewer based in LL's sources that can not follow TPV
>> as per applicable licensing and can not therefore not connect to SL
>> at all; or
>> 2) Develop an non-GPL viewer independent from LL's sources that
>> follows TPV's restrictions and is therefore allowed to connect to SL
>
> disagree, you can develop your viewer without violate any license, gpol
> neither tpv, nobody put limit to your development roadmap
>
> rules are for customers of LL, they can use all viewer they want, but
> only if TPV compliant
>
> GPL license of viewer and TPV are two parallel universe totally
> unbinded each other
>
> you developer are subject only to GPL license....
>
> nail (bsd) and gpl licenses are totally free from TPV...
>
> all LL are doing is same already done by a lot of other company than
> release their software under GPL, but have restriction to use server
> side services/software (netscape, vmware, novel, etc.etc.)
> why their opensource developers don't do so much noise and understand
> in short time all about the "new" scenario? :)