[Opensim-dev] Thoughts....

[The Burnman]

Hello Terry,

I am not sure what the best solution is, personally.  Linden Labs stores
assets server-side specifically for the purpose of Intellectual Propterty
Rights protection, which was originally one of the appeals it had for me.  I
was able to produce content which I own the IP for, and distribute it as I
saw fit.  If OpenSim is going to store assets locally, then that won't be an
option for end-users of OpenSim based grids, or it will only be available on
the grids which have branched off of the core OpenSim project, this negating
the point of interoperability... the core concept of the metaverse.

Encryption won't really work in this scenario, since OpenSim is
Open-Source.  The method of encryption, and thus the method of decryption,
would be available to anyone who wants it.


On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Terry Ford <terry at trades.net> wrote:

> Hi Burnman,
> I can see where your concern is coming from and I agree that content
> creators will indeed need some sort of protection.. maybe encryption of
> the data when uploaded to the client inventory would be a possibility.
> I understand that there is still a risk involved where an individual
> might be able to crack this encryption, but this would not be possible
> for the average user and therefore could offer a very good degree of
> security for your content.
> Even now, there are  people who can steal your content in SL although it
> is very difficult and therefore the average user can't do it.
>
> just my thoughts.....
> -Terry
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