Thanks for the clarification John. I was confused as I saw somewhere that they plan on making their protocol an Open Standard. Then I read their TOS (which, ironically, is all I get when I try to connect using libsecondlife from behind a hostile firewall.) So I was trying to reconcile these very different attitudes from Linden Labs.
Thanks again! Sam -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Hurliman Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:39 PM To: Development list for libsecondlife Subject: Re: [libsecondlife-dev] Linden Labs' official stance on libsecondlife Samuel Vincent wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm new to the project and the list. Is this project in any danger of being > shut down by Linden Labs? The latest revision of their TOS would indicate > they do not want anyone reverse engineering their software or using any > third party software to connect to their servers. I ask this because I am > considering using libsecondlife for a project and don't want to see myself > going down a dead-end path. > > So, any input on their official (or unofficial) stance on this project would > be great. > > Thanks, > > Samuel Vincent > It's legal protection for the inevitable case of when someone writes a third party app that drains accounts, steals passwords, and people go complaining to LL about it. Beyond that, no you're not going to get banned for working on the project or using software that is a part of it. If you want an answer from someone that works at the company try llBen / llKelly / llPhoenix in #secondlife on EFNet. John _______________________________________________ libsecondlife-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/libsecondlife-dev _______________________________________________ libsecondlife-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/libsecondlife-dev
