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color:#1F497D'>Thanks – I read your further post with the link too late. Sry
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> opensim-dev-bounces@lists.berlios.de
[mailto:opensim-dev-bounces@lists.berlios.de] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Mark
Malewski<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Mittwoch, 30. Juni 2010 17:13<br>
<b>An:</b> opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Opensim-dev] GPL / BSD licensing dangers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i>> This is probably worth an entry on the
OpenSimulator Wiki</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>It's already on the wiki and has already been there as far
as I can remember.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Dirk Krause <<a
href="mailto:dirk.krause@pixelpark.com">dirk.krause@pixelpark.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This is probably worth an entry on the OpenSimulator Wiki,
because that's what people keep asking (including me). Or is there
already and I didn't notice?<br>
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-- Dirk<br>
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Von: <a href="mailto:opensim-dev-bounces@lists.berlios.de">opensim-dev-bounces@lists.berlios.de</a>
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Im Auftrag von Diva Canto<br>
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. Juni 2010 15:03<br>
An: <a href="mailto:opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de">opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de</a><br>
Betreff: Re: [Opensim-dev] GPL / BSD licensing dangers<o:p></o:p></p>
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The issue here is not BSD+GPL licenses in general, although that's also an
issue to worry about; the issue we most vocally warn people about is very
specific to OpenSim and Second Life. OpenSim has been made legally possible due
to the generosity of Linden Lab's publishing their protocols by means of some
public documentation and, yes, open sourcing the client [under GPL]. So far, we
have had the passive and, at points, active support of Linden Lab in developing
OpenSim. But, as we all know, Linden Lab is a relatively unpredictable company;
at any point, it could be acquired by another company who is less enthusiastic
about a free BSD open source server side to their client. In the absolute worst
case scenario, that other company could cause us a lot of grief if OpenSim
includes code directly derived from GPL'ed viewer code. (I don't want to start
a rhetorical discussion about this; that's just the worst case scenario,
period.)<br>
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Hence, the "no risks" rule. We do not take patches from anyone who is
actively involved in the development of viewers from the LL viewer family.<br>
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If, however, you are talking about your own modules that aren't part of the
official OpenSim distribution, then OpenSim has no say about it -- do whatever
you want. No one here is in a position to give legal advice.<br>
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On 6/30/2010 4:18 AM, Neil Canham wrote:<br>
Would anyone be able to tell me about the warning for any one person not to
work on both the OpenSim source and a viewer such as Hippo? I understand
that there are licensing differences (BSD vs GPL respectively) and that direct
inclusion of GPL code in a BSD project breaks the GPL license. Surely you
could guard against such direct inclusion? Does this extend to region
modules and mini-region modules? I'm in the position of wanting to make
changes to the viewer and also to write MRMs or other modules.<br>
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--<br>
Neil Canham<br>
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