n are extremely common across the grid - and
that the Lab *has* to get the balance between Open Source and content
protection correct. Previously I thought it had - but from what I see on
this list over the last few days have revised my opinion.
Kevin
-Original Message-----
From: Anders Arn
@Soft Linden - apparently it's not just the 'one guy' - it looks like this
list is full of people who only want the viewer open sourced so they can
'free' intellectual property.
I emphasise that it's your salary that is being paid by the likes of me
owning Sims, not ideological 'copyright is thef
I own three Sims in SL, that's ~$600 a month or so to the Lindens, and
that's supported off DRM'ed content creation that I sell. If my income was
to vanish because of widespread content theft then I'd be out of SL.
I find Hax's attitude extremely concerning.
In fact I think we should now recogn