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Fri Jun 12 11:19:36 PDT 2009


gets sent to the Linden Lawyers of Doom=99 but without any replies from
said lawyers.

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Tateru Nino<tateru.nino at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 anyo=
ne
> I know has ever received a response to anything sent to that email addres=
s,
> 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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