Re: [opensource-dev] opensource-dev Digest, Vol 3, Issue 40

2010-04-10 Thread Joel Foner
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Daniel wrote: > The very fact that reasonably intelligent people here on this list, > which are part of the community the TPV is aimed at, cannot agree what > it means, is cause to rewrite it for more clarity. > > Carlo Wood wrote: > > You know, this would actual

Re: [opensource-dev] opensource-dev Digest, Vol 3, Issue 40

2010-04-10 Thread Daniel
The very fact that reasonably intelligent people here on this list, which are part of the community the TPV is aimed at, cannot agree what it means, is cause to rewrite it for more clarity. Carlo Wood wrote: > You know, this would actually make me feel better if you were a lawyer. > Even more s

Re: [opensource-dev] opensource-dev Digest, Vol 3, Issue 40

2010-04-10 Thread Tateru Nino
Curious. How many of us got professional legal advice? I did. I know a couple of you that did likewise. I'd be interested in knowing how many others. (There'd be no need to clutter things with negative answers - and it might be more appropriate to reply offlist - since the question is a work-relate

Re: [opensource-dev] opensource-dev Digest, Vol 3, Issue 40

2010-04-10 Thread Carlo Wood
You know, this would actually make me feel better if you were a lawyer. Even more so, if you were a Linden Lab lawyer. But since (I assume) neither is the case, this is just your interpretation and I see it differently. On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 04:19:00AM +0200, Dirk Moerenhout wrote: > > If the fi

Re: [opensource-dev] opensource-dev Digest, Vol 3, Issue 40

2010-04-09 Thread Dirk Moerenhout
> If the first one was re-written to say "you are responsible for all NEW > features etc that you ADDED to make a Third-Party Viewer, etc" it would > be more clear. That will create a false sense of safety. When LL removes code from the source tree for legal reasons you'd make a TPV developer beli

Re: [opensource-dev] opensource-dev Digest, Vol 3, Issue 40

2010-04-09 Thread Armin Weatherwax
Daniel wrote: > No, the real issue is that some people _THINK_ LL is trying to give > TPV developers legal liabilities. This is about interpretation and > not facts. Unless I missed something LL has never stated anything > about legal liabilities, it's solely based on some peoples personal > interp

Re: [opensource-dev] opensource-dev Digest, Vol 3, Issue 40

2010-04-09 Thread Daniel
Dirk Moerenhout wrote: No, the real issue is that some people _THINK_ LL is trying to give TPV developers legal liabilities. This is about interpretation and not facts. Unless I missed something LL has never stated anything about legal liabilities, it's solely based on some peoples personal in