Comments on: SecondLife getting a helping hand… http://xyzzyxyzzy.net/2007/10/10/secondlife-getting-a-helping-hand/ ...you are in a grid of twisty, little links, all alike. there's a teleport gate here. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:44:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: DrScofield http://xyzzyxyzzy.net/2007/10/10/secondlife-getting-a-helping-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-5 DrScofield Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:43:44 +0000 http://xyzzyxyzzy.net/2007/10/10/secondlife-getting-a-helping-hand/#comment-5 <p>my suspicion is that we won't be able to resolve those DRM-like problems on a technical level. there was a lengthy discussion of this on the <a href="https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sldev" rel="nofollow">sldev</a> mailing list about this and so far we've more or less reached the conclusion that permissions are really nothing more than a license digest: by setting permissions you signal to the owner "these are the rights i grant you and this is how i want you to use this item"</p> <p>in the discussion --- <a href="https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Protecting_content_in_an_open_grid" rel="nofollow">summarized</a> on the SL wiki --- we also came up with an extension to the current permission system to let a content creator specify which region domains she trusts to abide by her rules (so to speak).</p> my suspicion is that we won’t be able to resolve those DRM-like problems on a technical level. there was a lengthy discussion of this on the sldev mailing list about this and so far we’ve more or less reached the conclusion that permissions are really nothing more than a license digest: by setting permissions you signal to the owner “these are the rights i grant you and this is how i want you to use this item”

in the discussion — summarized on the SL wiki — we also came up with an extension to the current permission system to let a content creator specify which region domains she trusts to abide by her rules (so to speak).

]]> By: Sifu Moraga http://xyzzyxyzzy.net/2007/10/10/secondlife-getting-a-helping-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Sifu Moraga Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:59:28 +0000 http://xyzzyxyzzy.net/2007/10/10/secondlife-getting-a-helping-hand/#comment-4 <p>... but of course, there are a number of DRM-like problems that need to be solved for this to happen. I can't believe I just wrote DRM without mocking it. Sigh.</p> … but of course, there are a number of DRM-like problems that need to be solved for this to happen. I can’t believe I just wrote DRM without mocking it. Sigh.

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