[sldev] Please help testing the SL Viewer with integrated universal translation

[Opensource Obscure]

I think that a viewer with an integrated language translation 
function is a smart idea.

As an Italian speaker, I confirm that automated translation is 
usually lower-than-good right now. However this can only 
get better in the future, so I still find it's a good path.

Also: some languages are easier than others to get translated by
machines. YMMV.


On a different topic, I'm sorry but I couldn't give a try to 
this viewer because it's a Windows-only download - I'm on Linux.

Also, it puzzles me a bit that two Lindens commented this proposal 
without inviting Joy to respect their own copyright + the GPL license
on the SL viewer. If I'm not wrong, sources should be provided 
when you publish binaries of modified version of the SL viewer.

Let me clearly state that I heartily welcome third-part viewers 
and I'm aware that complying with all legal and formal aspects 
of software publishing can be a PITA. 
I'm not asking at all for a Reprimand By Linden Gods :) 
I just think that these issues are difficult to handle and could be
easily resolved with a short and polite reminder by Lindens better 
than other people; last time I saw this matter being handled 
privately, it didn't end happily:
http://bit.ly/aR93 or
http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2009/01/kirsten-quits-citing-gpl-enforcementrelated-stress-groundbreaking-open-source-developer-quits-viewer.html

See also
http://www.massively.com/2009/02/21/linden-lab-invites-reports-of-viewer-license-violations

Jim, please note that I'm not asking you to provide a Linux build:
I just hope you could share your code with the community, so that
(hopefully) builds for different operating systems will be made
available. I'll be glad to test your viewer and provide feedback.


Ciao,
Opensource Obscure
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