[sldev] Fwd: [Opensim-dev] Violating the GPL by looking (Re: Voice Module)

[Gordon Wendt]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Callum Lerwick <seg at haxxed.com> wrote:

> More FUD. You're getting ever more vague, and you need to be getting
> more specific. Back up your assertions, or GTFO.
>
> What do you mean "tainted"? This started out as a claim of possible
> copyright violation. This claim has not been backed up. Instead, the
> claim changed to intellectual property law. As I explained earlier, IP
> law is of no threat to anyone *outside* LL. And this reasoning would
> apply just as much to a BSD license as it would GPL.
>
> And now you're throwing up a claim of contract violation, of the
> submission agreement. Is the submission agreement even a contract? What
> has this got to do with the GPL? I'm not even going to bother wasting my
> time digging into this myself.
>
> This bullshit is getting tired. Real tired. And off-topic. But if I let
> this bullshit fly unchallenged, it's just going to spread further and
> get even worse.


That's totally uncalled for, As I said I'm no expert on this and am just
trying to wrap my head around it in the context that he put forth in his
email.

-G.W.
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