[Opensim-users] Privacy in lands

[James Stallings II]

A core dev has said a patch would be welcome should anyone be motivated to
do it. No further debate required.
On Mar 25, 2014 1:21 PM, "Luisillo Contepomi" <luisillocontepomi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you for your comments.
>
> For those who say that the alternative are ban lines or isolation of
> the region I think that
> having an option does not force you to use it. Now we have not this option.
>
> Assume the following environment: Sim divided into plots for rent.
> Maybe the neighbors want to use this option. may not want to be in
> their chicken with a neighbor in chat range...only may be.
> :-)
>
> I understand that the community,by now,  is not in favor of using all
> the capabilities of the viewers because then "is as SL".
>  I think is a error  I think we must aspire to be even better
>
> Regards,
> Luisillo
>
> 2014-03-24 13:56 GMT+01:00 James Stallings II <james.stallings at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hi Fleep,
> >
> > AFAIK Ban lines are available and functional in OpenSim; however, I've
> > rarely seen them used for all the reasons you cite ;)
> >
> > As I've been heard to say in the past, the region is the new parcel.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > James
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Fleep Tuque <fleep513 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> If you mean the banlines, I always disallowed them in any land I managed
> >> in Second Life because they are ugly and not at all user friendly.
>  Half the
> >> mainland in Second Life used to be marred with those hideous red lines,
> I'd
> >> be very sad to see them in OpenSim.
> >>
> >> Considering land in most OpenSim grids is free or pretty cheap, I dunno
> >> why you'd want to cut up parcels like that instead of just using private
> >> regions?  Last time I checked, a region that is not set to public access
> >> isn't visible on the map or in the viewer to anyone who doesn't have
> access.
> >> The banlines never prevented anyone from camming in anyway, all they
> did was
> >> annoy everyone trying to get around.
> >>
> >> I suppose as others mentioned, if someone wants to write and contribute
> >> the code, I couldn't object, but only so long as it could be disabled,
> >> because I surely won't want it on any grid I manage.  I doubt I'd want
> to
> >> visit any grid that uses them either because there's nothing more
> >> aggravating than trying to fly from Point A to Point B and bouncing
> like a
> >> ping pong ball from banline to banline.
> >>
> >> We hatess them.  :P
> >>
> >>
> >> - Chris/Fleep
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Luisillo Contepomi
> >> <luisillocontepomi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> What do you think about the privacy in parcels as is in Second Life?
> >>> All viewers support this option but dont work by now in OpenSim.
> >>> I do not know if it would be very complex to implement, but I think it
> >>> would be interesting.
> >>> comments?...
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