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 [email protected] 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 _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
