---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> Date: Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 3:02 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: [opensource-dev] Third party viewer policy To: Gareth Nelson <gar...@garethnelson.com>
Thought this might be of interest to yourself and the FSF in general, they're essentially claiming "if your viewer is capable of talking to our servers, then it's bound by this long list of conditions" IANAL, but I don't think they have any legal basis to impose any conditions on a program merely because it is capable of talking to their site. If its developers have no accounts on Second Life, they have not agreed to its terms of service. It would be interesting to see what a lawyer says about this. They talk about publishing a list of third-party viewers, and they could certainly insist on these conditions for listing a viewer in that list. Maybe that is all they are claiming to do. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> Date: Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:07 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: [opensource-dev] Third party viewer policy To: Gareth Nelson <gar...@garethnelson.com> It is ok to forward my message. They are now saying that they'll only hold developers responsible if a viewer is designed to connect to their servers It's nice of them to recognize that they can't make these demands about general-purpose programs. But their claim to have the power to impose any conditions on designing a program to talk to their server remains controversial. I suggest asking a lawyer about 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
