[Opensim-dev] Groups in OpenSim

Fri Feb 13 23:53:34 UTC 2009

I shouldve made it clear that these will be split into different  
modules. So those that don't want economy won't have to use that module.

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On Feb 13, 2009, at 6:33 PM, "Chris Hart" <Chris at codetorque.co.uk>  
wrote:

> I can understand why groups and economy could be linked for various  
> reasons, but I would personally prefer that sort of thing broken  
> apart – just sharing on building via groups, sharing objects with gr 
> oup, would all be really lovely to have, whereas economy is less of  
> an immediate issue for me (even moreso with rumours of further compl 
> ications regarding taxation for in-world purchasing http://15timez.blogspot.com/2009/02/sl-in-world-transactions-to-be-taxed.html 
> ) since I have no aspirations to be a banker or accountant. Having i 
> t as an optional extra would be great should my opinion be changed o 
> n this matter! J
>
>
>
> Groups for chat, groups for building – yes please! Completely unders 
> tand others wanting & demanding economy and have no desire to dampen 
>  any efforts in that area, but if the two are unlinkable in your pro 
> ject then would very much like to see some alternative projects in d 
> evelopment. I don’t see particularly why basic groups like that woul 
> d have to be a forge project either, rather than a core feature.
>
>
>
> Just my 2p.
>
>
>
> Chris / Strawberry
>
>
>
> From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de 
> ] On Behalf Of Michael Huntington
> Sent: 13 February 2009 20:55
> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Groups in OpenSim
>
>
>
> Well, I don't mind sharing a little info.. but remember we're still  
> in planning stages and getting the feature list together. Also I  
> personally don't have a problem having this project open during  
> development. So I'll let Adam and the DeepThink team decide on  
> that... I'll host any files if needed or we can use opensim's  
> gforge. All, I'm doing is sponsoring this project.. because I know  
> how much the community would like groups and other features up and  
> running.
>
>
>
> Basically we're working on getting economy and groups running.. and  
> hopefully if Diva accepts our offer, we can get groups working  
> across the Hypergrid... (still working on that). DeepThink already  
> has a list of features listed for how we can safely and securely  
> implement groups and economy.
>
>
>
> Again, I'm not the most tech savvy person.. I'm just sponsoring  
> this.. so Adam can share as much info as he likes.. once we come to  
> a conclusion on what the exact features will be ... but so far it  
> seems he understands what we're looking for in the project.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Frisby, Adam  
> <adam at deepthink.com.au> wrote:
>
> I think the consensus with Mike is to develop it on the forge, but  
> I'll let him speak for me here since he's sponsoring it and I don't  
> want to say anything  that may be wrong.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de 
> ] On Behalf Of Dahlia Trimble
> Sent: Friday, 13 February 2009 12:48 PM
>
>
> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Groups in OpenSim
>
>
>
> Agreed... something like groups is too complex to be submitted all  
> at once, unless it's a module in forge. I've been working on group  
> chat infrastructure and this could cause conflict unless it's  
> developed in an open manner.
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Justin Clark-Casey <jjustincc at googlemail.com 
> > wrote:
>
> Frisby, Adam wrote:
> > Yep, Mike here has graciously offered to have us develop it for  
> the public domain. With a little luck we should be starting this one  
> soon, along with some other features he's asked for (I won't ruin  
> any suprises, but they are much-asked for).
>
> I don't like to see surprises spoilt either but it would be nice to  
> know what they are sooner rather than later, so that
> nobody wastes time with duplicate development.
>
> Will the development happen in the open commit by commit?
>
>
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-
> >> bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Mike Huntington
> >> Sent: Thursday, 12 February 2009 9:11 AM
> >> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> >> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Groups in OpenSim
> >>
> >> I'm currently in talks with DeepThink to have this developed for my
> >> grid. The work will be donated back to the opensim community once
> >> finished.  Hopefully work on this will begin later this month.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Feb 12, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Ruud Lathrop <ruud.lathrop at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Does anybody know if somebody is working on features to implement
> >>> Groups? I see a GroupsModule in Core.Avatar. But that doesn't hold
> >>> much implementation.
> >>>
> >>> If nobody is building that, how can I start working on something
> >>> like that?
> >>>
> >>> Ruud
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