[sldev] Cache politics: performance vs obfuscation

[Jason Giglio]

Dale Mahalko wrote:
> I think she is a little upset about this discussion, and in particular
> with Giglio's cavalier opinions about intellectual property.

Actually, I take copyright, trademarks, and patents very seriously.  I
was the driving force behind starting the LSL wiki over from scratch on
wiki.secondlife.com, because the old wiki had uncertain copyright terms,
and couldn't be mirrored without potentially infringing on copyright.

I was also opposed to integrating vivox with the viewer, because it is
difficult to distribute it without infringing on the patented codec.

My cavalier attitude is toward people who are ignorant of the basic
nature of computers... they copy data.  You can't teach a bear to not be
a bear, and you can't prevent a computer from copying data.  That's a
separate issue from the ethics of actually infringing on a copyright.

-Jason

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