[opensource-dev] Malicious payloads in third-party viewers: is the policy worth anything?

[Gareth Nelson]

As I understand it, you don't need to be in the list, just comply with
the policy.

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Will <wdemauro at verizon.net> wrote:
> They may be waiting to make a formal announcement before they pull the plug
> on the viewer- didn't they make a policy of not allowing any viewer to
> connect that wasn't on the list?  I think so-
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Gareth Nelson" <gareth at garethnelson.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 2:50 PM
> To: "Lance Corrimal" <Lance.Corrimal at eregion.de>
> Cc: <opensource-dev at lists.secondlife.com>
> Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Malicious payloads in third-party viewers: is
> the policy worth anything?
>
>> As they shouldn't be!
>> Although one does wonder whether users are now at risk of being banned
>> if they keep using it
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Lance Corrimal
>> <Lance.Corrimal at eregion.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Am Sunday 22 August 2010 schrieb L. Christopher Bird:
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Jesse Barnett <jessesa at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Ignoring this and giving the all clear with no other action taken
>>>> > on the part of Linden Lab will instead demonstrate that the TPV
>>>> > is a worthless scrap of paper.
>>>>
>>>> Correction, it only exist on paper if printed. The proper phrase is
>>>> "a worthless configuration of pixels"
>>>>
>>>> The TPVP makes it clear what the consequences are for breaking the
>>>> policy. 8c says:
>>>>
>>>> "If a Third-Party Viewer or your use or distribution of it violates
>>>> this Policy or any Linden Lab policy, your permission to access
>>>> Second Life using the Third-Party Viewer shall terminate
>>>> automatically. You acknowledge and agree that we may require you
>>>> to stop using or distributing a Third-Party Viewer for accessing
>>>> Second Life if we determine that there is a violation."
>>>>
>>>> So either the lab will enforce this, or they will say "Well you are
>>>> so popular you can screw around all you want".  Is Emerald the
>>>> viewer "too big to fail"?
>>>>
>>>> -- ZenMondo
>>>
>>> I just looked and emerald's not in the tpv directory anymore.
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