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