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

Colin Kern colin.kern at gmail.com
Tue Mar 3 12:19:39 PST 2009


The GPL doesn't require the source code to be distributed with  
binaries, it just requires the code be available on request. So the  
original poster was within their rights to not include the source.  
However, now that you've requested it, they must deliver ;)

Colin

On Mar 2, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Opensource Obscure <open at autistici.org>  
wrote:

>
> 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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