[sldev] ESC exempt from open source and GPL licensing?

[Taran Rampersad]

Argent Stonecutter wrote:
> On 10-Nov-2007, at 08:59, Corax wrote:
>> Is this true? If I contribute code to LL, do I have to give up my
>> rights to license it only under the GPL?
>
> You should have read the contributor agreement before you signed it.
>
> I did.
>
> I don't have a problem with it. There's not much point to the SL
> client without the SL servers (all due respect to OpenSim, most of the
> competitive value of SL is now in the resident-created content, not
> the server software), so it's not they're creating a significantly
> steeper barrier to entry by doing this the way (say) Trolltech or
> Aladdin Systems have.
>
Software developers aren't lawyers and shouldn't have to be. Saying that
the code is GPL'd attracts developers who contribute in good faith. You
can discuss legality until the cows come home, but if you want to milk
said cows you better be nice to your developers.

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