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

[Tateru Nino]

Does anyone check the email at that address? I've had occasion to make 
licensing enquiries myself at one time or another, but neither I nor 
anyone I know has ever received a response to anything sent to that 
email address, whether about a violation, or about any other licensing 
matter for which we have been directed to it.

Rob Lanphier wrote:
> 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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