[Opensim-dev] TPV & opensim & physics prediction

[Robert A. Knop Jr.]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:40:27PM -0800, Dzonatas Sol wrote:
> If there is no need for a grid server, then there would be no need
> for a TOS that would try to control a TPV.

...and OpenSim has no such TOS.

> If we modify LL's official viewer and add client-side simulation to
> help dispel latency, with physics prediction, then their TOS says
> "no," you have to register your special viewer to connect.

...to *Second Life*.  Not to connect in general.

You're confusing Second Life, which is a single proprietary service run
by a single company, with OpenSim, which is a software platform that can
be deployed by anybody.

> Melanie stated that opensim is grid server only (like a TOS), which
> in essence, is logical equivalent to say, "you can't modify opensim
> in order to add a viewer and connect to our grid server"

Wrong.

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