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

[Will]

hmm ok I may be wrong but remember a rush to update viewers from the 
approved list, didn't look over my shoulder and just for good housekeeping I 
don't venture from approved viewers.  Seriously hope you are wrong or there 
will be little to no control over who gets to connect.

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From: "Gareth Nelson" <gareth at garethnelson.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 3:25 PM
To: "Will" <wdemauro at verizon.net>
Cc: "Lance Corrimal" <Lance.Corrimal at eregion.de>; 
<opensource-dev at lists.secondlife.com>
Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Malicious payloads in third-party viewers: is 
the policy worth anything?

> 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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