the requirements are the license of the source code and the terms people agree to for connecting with LL's grid
malachi escreveu: > I agree that there should be some sort of requirement in order to > develop and distribute a 3rd party client. However that being said, > who is in charge of coming up with this requirement? Code signing, > Code review, whatever the case, who would be the ones reviewing the > code? LL or the other developers? Does LL have the time and manpower > to test, review, and judge each proposed client individually? > > Does this registration apply to clients that are developed for > personal use? or for the use of a small company? > > I agree with a previous post that yes the tools available for content > theft and griefing have made the situation worse. But, also the fact > that expendable accounts are readily accessable has fueled this fire > with jet fuel. > > If I want to make a client to use for my company i have to register > submit my client to the world at large... but if i want to create a > billion accounts on my own website all i need to do is crash the grid > a few hundred times and steal everyones content then ask for the > RegAPI? Someone please explain this as it makes no sense. > > Back on topic. Linden Lab offered the source Open for all. And now > that All have take that source and done more with it than they could > have ever imagined Linden Lab is trying to limit the openess of this > source. After taking another moment to review yet again the GPL and > FLOSS documentation on Linden Labs own site, it would appear that the > only viable solution available to LL is to close the source, remove > the GPL, and rewrite the server code. Why the rewrite of the server > code? Because they have already given us the GPL source code. Which > intitles us to COPY, MODIFY AND DISTRIBUTE our code however we like. > Take the source create a client that can kill people in real > life...(not possible... for dramatization) and there is ABSOLUTELY > nothing LL can do about it. The code is open. > > I dont agree that just anyone with a connection to the internet should > be allowed to craft a client and start passing it out. However i dont > agree either that we as developers should be forced to register and > promise not to do evil things. Doing evil things helps find exploits. > If we are criminals (or being looked at as such) then call us out on > it. You ban people for nothing with out even investigating the abuse > reports. but now you want us to register in order to do what you > wanted us to? What was Second Lifes little catch phrase... "Second > Life- Our world your Segregation" > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
