[sldev] RLV breakage, derivative works, and non-GPL patches

Rob Lanphier robla at lindenlab.com
Sat Jun 27 18:13:43 PDT 2009


On 06/27/2009 01:31 PM, Aidan Thornton wrote:
> [1] http://realrestraint.blogspot.com/2009/03/rlv-license.html -
> forbids modification, distribution of the SL source code with the
> patch applied, distribution of binaries that contain both the patch
> and any other major changes compared to the official viewer, and sale.
> Each of these restrictions is GPL-incompatible.
>   

Hi folks,

I'm going to repeat something I wrote a few months back on this topic:
> My recommendation is that you make high-quality GPL violation reports to
> the licensing at lindenlab.com alias.  What I mean by "high quality":  the
> date which you received the binaries, the date which you requested the
> source code, any correspondence that would indicate that compliance is
> not forthcoming, and in particular, which part of the GPL you believe
> the violator is in violation of.  Imagine your email being submitted as
> evidence/testimony in a legal action.
>
> Linden Lab will rarely, if ever, publicize legal disputes with third
> parties, since that tends to have a negative effect on any conversation
> intended to resolve the dispute.  So, please don't assume that lack of
> public action is the same as lack of action.  That said, you should
> never assume that we know about a particular violation, or that someone
> else has surely already reported all of the information needed to
> document the violation in such a way as to make it actionable.

Rob



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