[opensource-dev] Reflections in SL. Re: Project-MESH viewer

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 2010-10-16, at 22:09, Tateru Nino wrote:
> A year or two ago, I was treated to a demonstration of working mirrors 
> in SL. It was an override of Shiny, and I had to install a custom shader 
> file to my SL viewer installation directory. As far as I know, the 
> project died because - in order to work - it needs a bit or a texture 
> property flag from Linden lab on the server-side, otherwise it is 
> "surprising or unexpected" functionality that potentially breaks 
> content, and thus is a no-no under the TPVP.

The original mirror project back in SL 1.13 was an override of shiny too.

It was optional.

So long as it's optional I don't see why it would violate the TPVP.