Soft Linden wrote: > Who? There's a non-participant who showed up to troll, and Carlos who > says he wishes things were different so he could learn and experiment > more. > > But - even if the list were swarming with looters itching to violate > others' rights, how would the app store solution you push be better > for stopping copying? Closing the source wouldn't help for the reasons > I gave in my first reply. How does closing source and adding yet > another API and distribution model make copying harder?
Exactly. The people that say open source is the root of all theft are not only ignoring the fact that theft happens and has been happening regardless of open source availability, but they're also ignoring the importance of open source viewers. To those people, as an example, I say have a look at the JIRA, at the number of people who have had seizures or otherwise become ill from using Viewer 2.0. Those people MUST use a third party viewer once 2.0 goes standard, or leave SL forever. Even if you overlook the ethical and moral problems of taking that option away from them, doing so would mean a considerable loss of income for content creators and LL. And not just because those people wouldn't be there buying things anymore. They also wouldn't be creating, and the related schools, hospitals, and other non-profits the LL has been trying to attract will pull out. Maya _______________________________________________ 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
