[Opensim-users] Second Life (TM), Linden Lab (TM), Monster & Company...

[Gryc Ueusp]

(Firstly, IANAL.)

On Wednesday 02 April 2008 11:53:45 am Olish Newman wrote:
> I noticed, Linden Lab is starting to hate OpenSim or some... lol
>
>  First Cory Linden, the man which proposed to opensource the SL viewer
> leaves Linden Lab (fired ?). And now Linden Lab changes its copyright
> policy. Even SL related websites' domain names containing "sl" have to
> change within 90 days. Pfff...

Actually, they didnt change their *copyright* policy, they made their 
*trademark* policy more specific.  (see 
http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/04/01/more-on-the-trademark-policy/ )

The unfortunate thing about trademarks, is that the company that owns them 
*has* to defend them, or they will lose them.

>
>  And after, will we have to give up the SL viewer because it is named
> "Second Life" in the title bar of the SL window, and uses the SL logo as
> shortcut ?

Not necessarily.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceweasel for something 
that probably will happen in the future of the SL viewer.  We wont have to 
give it up, the people who distribute precompiled versions will just have to 
use a different logo and call it something else.

>
>  Do we have to do something special to protect ourselves against LL
> copyright policy in your opinion ?
>
>  Thanks !
>
>  Olish Newman.