[opensource-dev] Blocking viewers.
Dear Linden Lab, It's absolutely none of your business what software I choose to run on my PC. Blocking emerald is a step of pure arrogance - and ignorance - on Linden Lab's behalf - it's not having an adverse effect on your servers, in fact THE ONLY WAY you can tell i'm runing Emerald is by the channel and version provided in login, and this has been proven by the number of clones that have popped up with their channel renamed (and the ID texture changed of course). You cannot censor Open Source software, and the fact that you're trying to makes you a despicable organisation. Stop policing my computer. I will decide what viewer I use, thank you. ~T ___ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
Re: [opensource-dev] Blocking viewers.
On 08/09/2010 22:58, Celierra Darling wrote: > there's reasons why LL doesn't trust Emerald to connect to their servers. My issue is that none of these reasons involve the way the viewer interacts with the LL Servers in any way. They made the decision based on the conduct of a few idiots (and there are always idiots in open source projects) - and not because of any real issue with the viewer itself. If the viewer was causing server issues or was enabling content theft, I would agree with this decision. ~T ___ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
Re: [opensource-dev] Blocking viewers.
On 08/09/2010 23:09, Mike Dickson wrote: > Oh geez. Do we really have to go through this again. You can run > whatever you like on your PC. And Linden Lab has every right to > determine what software they will allow to connect to their SERVICE. Okay, let's just outline this properly. The lab DO NOT have any right to determine what software they will allow to connect to their SERVICE. The only thing they DO have a right to do is to determine which TCP connections they want to accept and which UDP packets they want to accept. It's my right to use whichever software I want to generate those packets. As such, I accept that they have the legal right to block logins from clients containing "Emerald" in their version string - but not a moral right. And they certainly do not have a right to threaten people with account bans if they "bypass" the ban. Linden Lab have blocked Emerald due to a POLITICAL DISAGREEMENT with their dev team. They haven't blocked it because of any fault with the software itself, they're not protecting anyone - they're taking pre-emptive action against a project because of some percieved danger that might evolve. ~T ___ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
Re: [opensource-dev] Where to put & look for test viewers
On 17/09/2010 17:16, Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence) wrote: We have lots of community members who are ready and willing to try out the latest and greatest experiments and fixes from developers, Are viewers with experimental OpenSim-targeted features welcome there? ~T ___ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
