[Opensim-dev] Legal Issues was RFC Profiles

[Frisby, Adam]

I think attaching license information to inventory entries in the database would be a simple enough tweak. Getting the viewer to display that information is a good deal harder.

Any suggestions on that matter I am welcome to hear - the better if it doesn't require us to modify client code.

Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-
> bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Ralf Huelsmann
> Sent: Tuesday, 31 March 2009 2:01 PM
> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Legal Issues was RFC Profiles
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> i while ago i went over the legal side of many aspects with 2 lawyer.
> 
> Since this is a multinational question and in many cases has not
> exampels
> (e.g. no judgments by court) it tends to be a discussion based on
> personal
> flavor, but not legal facts.
> 
> And yes, maybe there is enough mud for the whole 3D web.
> 
> But to come to the point:
> 
> - I don´t know any country, where having the ability to add a
> hypergrid-aware note about the creator and a license (hint, url,
> notecard)
> would have negative impact
> 
> - I know a few countrys where it would realy help from legal side
> 
> - it would be a clear sign, that the opensim crew takes care about
> content
> rights and ownership
> 
> 
> And yes, this only is another brick in the wall of copyright
> protection. We
> still have RL laws, we still need secure technical system, rights
> management
> etc etc...
> 
> And spoken in sex beds, I am more afraid about the pure mass von
> animations
> etc - a few more notecards don´t worry me to much.   :-)
> 
> So - if it is possible somehow, please add it.
> 
> 
> Just my 2 cent...
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ralf
> 
> 
> ---
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:34:58 +0200
> From: "Colin B. Withers" <Colin.Withers at eumetsat.int>
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Legal Issues was RFC Profiles
> To: "opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de" <opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de>
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> 
> Won't this also force grids to do what SL do and forbid users to
> transfer
> their accounts/log in details to someone else (and hence all their
> inventory)?
> 
> Why do I get the feeling that we are starting to wade in mud?
> 
> Can't all the issues of permissions, i.e. the three future (next owner)
> permissions, and the extra two current permissions (anyone can copy,
> anyone
> can move), and licensing, all be dealt with in the TOS of the
> individual
> grids, which then apply to all users of that grid, both creators and
> end-users?
> 
> Can you imagine the mess of an object with multiple textures, filled
> with
> various anims, scripts and notecards (thinking sexgen bed here), and
> they
> all have different permissions/licenses. Doesn't bear thinking about :(
> 
> Rock
> 
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