Regardless of LL's intentions, the TPV policy as currently written has certain problems that LL has seemingly decided not to address. Protecting their assets is one thing--and LL has every right to do so--but wielding a mallet against the opensource community in the process is quite another matter entirely. If LL wishes to have a productive ecosystem for viewers, I'm all for it. But the TPV policy creates the opposite.
If anyone at LL is sad over the current situation, I hope they're speaking to their own legal team about fixing the legitimate issues that have been raised. Otherwise, TPV developers have to cover their bases, too (which in our case means ceasing to support connecting to Second Life). Regards, McCabe Maxsted http://www.imprudenceviewer.org On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Jonathan Irvin <djfoxys...@gmail.com> wrote: > Keep in mind, it's not LL that's saying it, it is their lawyers. Like I > said, LL is protecting their assets. The best way for them to do that is by > hiring good lawyers who can cover all the bases. > > Jonathan Irvin > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- "Work is love made visible." — Kahlil Gibran "We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were for the moment unpopular. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of the Republic to abdicate his responsibility." -- Edward R. Murrow, March 9, 1954
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