[sldev] Continued GPL violations by Openlifegrid.com - Options?

[Gareth Nelson]

For reference, a good set of questions to include answers to:
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-violation.html

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Rob Lanphier <robla at lindenlab.com> wrote:
> On 3/19/09 9:44 PM, Boy Lane wrote:
>>
>> I would like to ask everybody here, including Linden's, what your
>> opinion about this is, and what eventual follow up actions would make
>> sense. That's not about being a GPL fascist as Henri likes to say, but
>> I think OLG / Sakai went here a bit too far. It concerns everyone who
>> works with the viewer. For more details you may want to have a look at
>> http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/other-grids-virtual-worlds/26798-openlifegrid-continues-violate-gpl.html
>>
>
>
> Insisting on GPL compliance is not fascism.  The license is quite
> generous, far more than most proprietary software licenses.
>
> 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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