[sldev] Compile as installer

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 2008-01-24, at 21:43, Jason Giglio wrote:
> Argent Stonecutter wrote:
>> If LL explicitly listed the packages THEY ship as an exception,  
>> then the issue would never come up.
>

> Argent is right.  If you use the strict interpretations of  
> copyright law (that is supported by precedent) then it is  
> impossible to distribute the client legally, if it will eventually  
> utilize fmod, KDU, or vivox.

Or Quicktime on Windows (it's allowed by the GPL2 on OSX, since it's  
part of the OS).

> This is one reason I've been beating on the whole "get rid of all  
> proprietary dependencies" drum for a long while now.

That would work as well.

> The only good news is that it would be Linden Lab's place to sue  
> you for such a violation, and it's pretty unlikely that they would  
> (at this point in time at least, but it's not a good situation for  
> the long run).

Indeed.