[Opensim-users] Money in OpenSim-Worlds [was: Bitcoin]

[Edmund Edgar]

On 7 November 2011 04:18, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> I love that, you want some kind soul to code something for free so that you
> can then charge others? <swoons at the logic> Ric

Actually I'm _offering_ to code something for free (DTL/NSL
integration with BitCoin or some other distributed currency system
that someone might suggest) so that other people can charge each
other. I'm then hoping that someone else would do the same to make the
viewer work better with what I'd code, although I'm hoping it would be
useful even if they didn't.

I suppose there's an irony in there somewhere, but this is very common
in free software. There's loads of free software designed to help
people charge each other: OS Commerce, Ubercart for Drupal,
BitCoin/Ubercart integration, BitCoin itself, the original DTL money
server, Fumi Iseki's version of the original DTL money server, not to
mention the whole free software stack that supports most of the
world's e-commerce systems. The alternative would be that free
software would have to give up and throw in the towel to proprietary
systems for anything to do with commerce - which is also what we'd do
if we followed your suggestion on the other thread and stayed clear of
the whole area for fear of unspecified legal threats.

PS. Your "Gift Exchange" is money.

Edmund Edgar
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