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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Actually, as the creator of an item I own it. Not the “user”. That’s clear because I get to set the permissions under which the next “owner” or licensee can use it. When someone acquires an digital asset I created they get a license to use it. The value of the creation itself usually far exceeds what someone pays for it. I only create in grids I trust because the grid operator must defend my rights via a DMCA process. So no a “user” doesn’t have rights to copy items in inventory they “own”. Because ownership of digital assets doesn’t transfer. Only a license to use them for a purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So in short I think some of your thinking about users “rights” is somewhat flawed. That doesn’t meant there aren’t protocols to do what you want to do. But yeah, I think providing such a tool is asking to get sued. And it probably damages the reputation of OpenSim as serious software for serving digital assets. That’s a shame because there are a number of closed grids trying to actually correct that assumption by providing a more secure environment for content creators to operate in. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Just my 2 cents. Do what you will with it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> opensim-users-bounces@lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-users-bounces@lists.berlios.de] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Snowcrash Short<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 15, 2012 7:51 AM<br><b>To:</b> opensim-users@lists.berlios.de<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Opensim-users] Announcement of inventory tool (MyInventory), mostly of interest to grid operators/grid nauts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Before this gets out of hand, let me clarify, this is not a backup tool, at least no per se, one of the features is the ability to backup content from an existing account (a backup which is governed by a policy).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The primary goal of the project is to move the inventory and the assets to their rightful users and to empower the users to use the assets as they want - within legal limits.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In an ideal world - except for special cases, the inventory and the assets backing the inventory is controlled by the user, and that is the goal of the project, to bring the inventory under the control of the user.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>To this purpose it currently has two input streams supporting it (one more is planned), the first is client side access to .iar files, the second is download from the users existing inventory, to the extent allowed by law and agreements made between the user and grid operators.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Knowing that only a few of the grid operators using Open Sim has policies in place, this email serves as an invitation to make these policies public, and to implement - to the extent possible - these policies in MyInventory.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The question of attribution is only relevant when the assets are being distributed, MyInventory has currently no functionality for distribution. The as yet unfinished and only hinted at third input stream deals with distribution. The current implementation does not distribute any data, it only grants a user simpler way access to the assets the user has rightfully access to.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Snowcrash<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>