Careful with the wording, Soft. :-) [Bad wording is the reason for much of this thread, sadly.]
You didn't actually mean, I hope: "Most apply to any third-party viewer however, even if you aren't distributing it." What you meant was, I hope: "Most apply to any third-party viewer when that viewer connects to the SL service, even if you aren't distributing it." Legally, there is a world of difference. The original wording applies also when the third party viewer is used to connect to Opensim, for example, which you have no legal power nor community-friendly reason to restrict. We don't usually need to speak with mind-numbing precision, and can rely on context for brevity, but that absolutely does not work in the current subject with its legal ramifications. These dratted words, they're such a pain. Instead of saying what we mean, they say what they say. :D Morgaine. ===================================== On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Soft Linden <s...@lindenlab.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Jay Reynolds Freeman > <jay_reynolds_free...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > But what if there is no "third party"? What if I develop a modified > version of the SL viewer all by myself, and use it to log in to the SL > servers, but do not distribute either source or binary for it? Since there > is no additional, "third" party involved in the creation and use of this > viewer, it would appear that nothing in the "Linden Lab Policy on > Third-Party Viewers" applies to it or to me. > > > > The FAQ and revised TPV, coming soon, will address this directly. > There are some terms in there that don't apply if you aren't putting > the viewer in the registry, and they will be identified as such. Most > apply to any third-party viewer however, even if you aren't > distributing it. > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges >
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