[sldev] Rolling a custom viewer installer?

[Rob Lanphier]

Once again, I can't paraphrase the individual licenses or offer legal
advice.

Rob

On 7/5/07 1:26 PM, Gary Wardell wrote:
> Hi Able and Rob,
>
> Could I make a suggestion here?
>
> How about having the end user first install the Linden build of the viewer and then installing updated/modified components/files
> on top the Linden install.
>
> Presumably if Able modified certain files they would not be restricted files and the Linden install would already be covered under
> Linden's licensing.
>
> Admittedly this would be two installs where Able wanted only one, but I think it would get around a potentially sticky issue.
>
> Gary
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sldev-bounces at lists.secondlife.com
>> [mailto:sldev-bounces at lists.secondlife.com]On Behalf Of Rob Lanphier
>> Sent: Thu, July 05, 2007 3:59 PM
>> To: Able Whitman
>> Cc: Second Life Developer Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [sldev] Rolling a custom viewer installer?
>>
>>
>> Hi Able,
>>
>> I'm not going to be able to get you off the hook for reading and
>> understanding all of the license files in order to redistribute a
>> product based on them.  It puts me in dangerous territory to try to
>> paraphrase them.
>>
>> What you have a license to redistribute depends on which
>> components you
>> pull in.  Most of the viewer is available under GPL.  Some components
>> (e.g. Kakadu, FMOD, etc), are available under separate
>> licenses, and are
>> marked in the libraries distribution.  Using our trademarks
>> requires you
>> to follow our branding guidelines.  You'll need to read and understand
>> all of the applicable licenses in order to understand what rights and
>> obligations you have.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> On 7/2/07 9:38 PM, Able Whitman wrote:
>>     
>>> Wow, I feel like tonight is the Soft and Able hour... :)
>>>
>>> On 7/2/07, *Soft Linden* <soft at lindenlab.com
>>> <mailto:soft at lindenlab.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     This is a good one to ping Rob or the licensing SL
>>>       
>> alias on directly.
>>     
>>>     I'm betting if you want to get Linden Lab's blessings
>>>       
>> on an official,
>>     
>>>     sanctioned release though, you'd find you had to relicense some
>>>     libraries yourself. :(
>>>
>>>
>>> Just to clarify, I'm definitely not looking for an official
>>>       
>> blessing.
>>     
>>> My only goal is to make it easier to package up a test build of the
>>> viewer that involves more than just the viewer executable.
>>>
>>> If I have to distribute a Zip file of loose files and provide
>>> instructions for hacking up an existing client install, that's okay.
>>> But being able to roll my own installer means that people
>>>       
>> who want to
>>     
>>> test my private build (or anyone's private build for that
>>>       
>> matter) can
>>     
>>> have a convenient way of installing a side-by-side viewer
>>>       
>> so that they
>>     
>>> can easily fallback to the official viewer if they so choose.
>>>
>>> Perhaps a compromise solution would be to distribute an installer
>>> which includes all the files except for the libraries that aren't
>>> redistributable? Then users could simply copy those missing
>>>       
>> files from
>>     
>>> their existing install into the folder for the private build.
>>>
>>> I don't know exactly what files can and can't be
>>>       
>> redistributed, nor do
>>     
>>> I pretend to know the particulars of the licensing issues,
>>>       
>> so I'll CC:
>>     
>>> Rob on this as well.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>       
>>
>>     
>
>
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