[Opensim-dev] WG: Legal Issues was RFC Profiles

[Mike Dickson]

If as a creator I want to add a notecard to my object indicating the
licensing terms I want to apply when someone has a copy of or rez's my
object I'm free to do so.  Heck I could even get fancy and script it
asking for a click-through menu response or something.  I'm not against
licensing of objects.  Just don't pollute what is IMO an already a tad
over-complex OpenSim core with it.

Content licensing is a matter for the grid TOS and individual content
providers on that grid.  Not, IMO something that OpenSIM core needs to
worry about or address.

Mike

On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 21:08 +0000, Ralf Haifisch wrote:
> 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
>