[opensource-dev] Unjust Banning of residents?

[Marine Kelley]

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On 16/08/2011, malachi at tamzap.com <malachi at tamzap.com> wrote:
> exactly which is why this message is so disturbing. accounts have been
> terminated from second life for using a viewer not listed in the
> directory.
>
>
> "This email is notification that Linden Lab has terminated
> your access to the Second Life virtual world due to severe
> or repeated violations of the Second Life Terms of Service
> or Community Standards. Your (account name 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx') and
> alternate Second Life accounts have been
> made permanently inaccessible."
>
>
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:33:39 -0400, Erin Mallory wrote:
>> Last I checked there is no requirement to use an approved tvp. even
>> on the tvp listing page. Looking at the policy and the directory
>> pages, no where does it say that the viewer must be listed in the
>> tvp...
>> http://secondlife.com/corporate/tpv.php
>> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Third_Party_Viewer_Directory
>>
>> "You may connect to Second Life using software released by a
>> third-party developer. Linden Lab provides a Policy on Third-Party
>> Viewers [1] to promote a positive and predictable experience for all
>> Second Life Residents."
>>
>>> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:23:21 -0700
>>> From: malachi at tamzap.com
>>> To: opensource-dev at lists.secondlife.com
>>> Subject: [opensource-dev] Unjust Banning of residents?
>>>
>>> Violation: Third Party Viewer Usage
>>> You are connecting to the grid with a viewer that is not in the
>> third
>>> party viewer directory.
>>>
>>>
>>> However...
>>>
>>> A viewer does not need to be on the Third Party Viewer Directory in
>>> order for development or usage of it to be compliant with the Third
>>
>>> Party Viewer Policy (see Policy on Third-Party Viewers | Second
>> Life)
>>> and the Terms of Service. While I am sure you are well aware of
>> this, it
>>> can also be deduced through common sense that the open source
>> program
>>> (Snowstorm, Snowglobe, etc) would not be able to exist in an
>> environment
>>> where every personal compile had to be listed on the TPVD before it
>>
>>> could even begin to undergo any form of live quality assurance
>>> processes.
>>>
>>> Long story short, unless there have been recent changes to the
>> Terms of
>>> Service that I am unaware of, or if there are relevant sections
>> that I
>>> have missed that indicate that a viewer that complies with the
>> Third
>>> Party Viewer Policy still must be in the Directory to be
>> legitimately
>>> used, I would request that you provide me with them.
>>>
>>> What this means is every single BETA tester for every client on the
>>
>>> TPVD is at risk of losing their accounts because that compiled
>> version
>>> of that client is not listed on the TPVD. Each and every Developer
>> who
>>> has worked so hard to help Linden Lab build their Client into what
>> it is
>>> is at risk of losing their accounts because each time they
>> recompile the
>>> source it isn't listed in the TPVD and is now considered a
>> Violation of
>>> some hidden TOS clause.
>>>
>>>
>>> I am posting this to this forum because I wanted to get feed back
>> from
>>> the community. As I myself and a developer who has contributed
>> patches
>>> to various TPVD Clients and am now finding myself cautious to even
>> use
>>> these clients source codes to help them. I would like clarification
>> from
>>> Linden Lab as well as other Developers on this new banning policy
>> that
>>> is requiring every compiled client that connects to second life to
>> be
>>> listed in the TPVD.
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