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Script Library RIPOFF in Kojin(135,187)

Hank Ramos
Lifetime Scripter
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 2,328
08-27-2004 16:47
If you have been buying scripts at the Script Library in ---------------------, then you are being...

Ripped Off!

He is selling the scripts donated by several people to the University of Second Life Library, to the SL Script Forum, and other free repositories. He is profiting off the good will of others who donated these scripts freely to the community, to help and educate others about LSL scripting. ------ is shamefully profiting on the good work of others. He is also verbatim copying many of the contents of the USL Library.

You can find all of these scripts for FREE at the University of Second Life Library in Montara, in the SL Scripting Forums, and at various other places.

Yes, I sent an abuse report to the Lindens who refuse to deal to the situation, and sent the following response...

From: someone

Currently, the Permissions set on a object in Second Life are the only reliable means that we have to determine and define an owner's rights in regard to his/her objects. If a Resident has an object including copy or modify permissions, that Resident is free to copy or modify the object. Further, if you sell or give away an object with resell/give away permissions, you are granting the new owner the right to resell the object. Any other considerations -- sales agreements, open source licenses, or hand-shake agreements -- are beyond our ability to recognize or enforce. We simply don't have enough information to adjudicate situations beyond systems we currently have in place.

That said, we recognize the shortcomings and limitations of the existing Permissions system, and we understand the value of open-source and freely distributed objects in Second Life. We are working rapidly to update or replace the Permissions system with something that more adequately addresses the needs and realities of the Second Life Community.


Edit: to remove name since the person removed the materials.
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Moleculor Satyr
Fireflies!
Join date: 5 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,650
08-27-2004 17:04
So we post signs around the guy giving out LMs to where they can get them for free. Get agreements from neighbors?
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Ace Cassidy
Resident Bohemian
Join date: 5 Apr 2004
Posts: 1,228
08-27-2004 18:33
I haven't put out very many freely copyable/modifiable scripts, but those that I have, I always put the standard GPL disclaimer at the top and copyright the code in Ace Cassidy's name.

I'm not sure that Richard Stallman would go to war over someone stealing an LSL script that is GPL'd, but it makes me feel better knowing that I could sue someone's ass if I caught them selling my stuff.

- Ace
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