GPL Compliance Question

Falcata · 2008-12-09 18:45:36

There is currently an alternative to Secondlife called "OpenLife". They use a modified version of the Secondlife GPL-licensed game client, but the sources are not available for download. The only way to obtain them is by emailing a request to the game client's developer.

Is OpenLife in compliance with the GPL?

rson451 · 2008-12-09 19:01:48

As long as they make them available, I would think not.

Ranguvar · 2008-12-09 19:12:03

They are compliant then

"3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:

a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections
1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,

b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
customarily used for software interchange; or,

c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer
to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is
allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you
received the program in object code or executable form with such
an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)"

Last edited by Ranguvar (2008-12-09 19:12:40)

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