[Opensim-users] content licensing

[Dr Scofield]

facts of life:

	1 --- the earth is not flat contrary to what you might think
	2 --- DRM does not work

licensing is the only reasonable way of dealing with this issue: it tells the
person acquiring an object what rights and obligations its creator/seller wants
to convey (i.e. what are you allowed to do with object, what do you have to do
with the object).

"permissions" in LL grid are nothing else but abridged licenses (or licenses for
dummies)(not meant derogatorily!).

	DrS/dirk

diva at metaverseink.com wrote:
> As far as I'm concerned, security will soon be a reality in 
> OpenSim-based open grids. In particular, security against rogue 
> simulators is not only feasible but some of us are already starting to 
> implement it and to lay out the client-server protocol changes that are 
> necessary. The refactoring that is going on right now is the foundation 
> that gives OpenSim the flexibility that this requires.
> 
> Once rogue simulators are no longer a threat, we'll be at the same level 
> as closed grids wrt content security. For that, there is no silver 
> bullet, but I've heard some really good ideas here that go beyond the 
> annotations used by Linden Lab.
> 
> matt raffel wrote:
>> I think the point of the message is more about perception.
>>
>> It feels like there is an attempt to keep illegal copying of assets in 
>> Secondlife there fore that feels better than nothing at all.  If the 
>> perception of asset security can be provided in OpenSim then people will 
>> feel more positive about it.
>>
>> Matt
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