On 06/27/2009 01:31 PM, Aidan Thornton wrote: > [1] http://realrestraint.blogspot.com/2009/03/rlv-license.html - > forbids modification, distribution of the SL source code with the > patch applied, distribution of binaries that contain both the patch > and any other major changes compared to the official viewer, and sale. > Each of these restrictions is GPL-incompatible. >
Hi folks, I'm going to repeat something I wrote a few months back on this topic: > 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
