Morgaine schrieb: > GPLv2 clause 6 allows no "further restrictions" to be placed on the > freedom of developers to /"modify and distribute/" whatsoever, > regardless of whether the USAGE of that GPL software is constrained or > not. The GPL has no interest is how software is used to connect to a > service in the slightest. You can constrain USAGE of code for service > access as much as you like, you can ban whomever or whatever you like, > and it's completely immaterial to the GPL. The two things are > entirely separate. The GPL is not a usage license. >
Long story short, if you want to be registered in the third party viewer registry, you have to follow the TPV policies. The registration is optional. If you don't register in the TPV, almost all rules that apply to the developer have no meaning. If you want to use your viewer with SL, you become a user of your viewer. Then the TOS and the TPV applies to you as it restricts the usage of a user. Registering with the viewer registry is voluntary and LL doesn't impose any "further restrictions" on you, because it isn't mandatory. Also you can redistribute the registered viewer according to GPLv2 without "further restrictions" on the receiver of that code. That party would have to register a derivate of that viewer as well to be restricted by the TPV as it applies on developer. If you don't use that viewer with SL, and you aren't registering the viewer, then nothing of the TPV applies to you. _______________________________________________ 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
