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Second Life Tries To Backpedal On the GPL

Posted by kdawson on from the one-hand-giveth dept.

GigsVT writes "The Second Life viewer has been available under the GPL for three years. Linden Lab, the maker of Second Life, recently released a 'third party viewer' policy that all but erases the freedoms granted under the GPL. It includes such draconian measures as 'You agree to update or delete at our request any data that you have received from Second Life or our servers and systems using a Third-Party Viewer,' 'You must not mask IP or MAC addresses' (reported to the server), 'you must have a published privacy policy explaining your practices regarding user data,' and 'You acknowledge and agree that we may require you to stop using or distributing a Third-Party Viewer for accessing Second Life if we determine that there is a violation.'"

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  1. Re:people still play that shit? by Rei · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just hope that things be quite different from SL by then :)

    By that, do you mean, "with graphics that don't look like they're from the late '90s", or do you mean "with not so many flying penises"?

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  2. Say what? by consonant · · Score: 1, Funny

    There are people still on Second Life? The intersection of AOL and MySpace users I would hazard to guess! :-)

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    1. Re:Say what? by Issarlk · · Score: 2, Funny

      There are still people thanks to the ever growing community of furries with giant penises.

  3. Re:Summary is sensationalist and wrong. by HellYeahAutomaton · · Score: 2, Funny

    > There is really no cause for whining here. The community should be grateful to these guys.

    But...but...but.. the GPL community is so good at it.

  4. Re:people still play that shit? by delinear · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do I get to do an obligatory xkcd here?