[sldev] Introduction: Liana Linden joins OpenSL initiative

[Liana Holmberg]

Greetings.

You've got another advocate and administrator on the inside. Henceforth, 
I will be working with Ron Lanphier on the OpenSL initiative. For 
starters, I'll be focusing on licensing issues with the rest of my role 
TBD. I asked Rob what my title should be and he suggested "Development 
Policy Wonk," to which I would add Miscellaneous Project Wrangler.

I've been at Linden Lab since Jan '06 and an SL resident since '05. I 
spent the last year working on governance scalability issues. Before 
coming to LL, I worked in the publishing industry as a writer, editor, 
designer and production manager. Most recently, I was Art Director at 
the the open-access journal publisher Public Library of Science, where 
we made science both /gratis /and /libre/. I worked closely with 
contributors and with Creative Commons on legal issues surrounding our 
use of the Attribution (by) license on all content.

Disclaimer: I'm not a coder; I'm not a lawyer.

I am here to help. My first order of business is to clear any backlog in 
licensing at lindenlab.com and respond to current licensing questions in 
the wiki and jira. This will take some time. I need to get up to speed 
on the intricate and important questions many of you have raised and, 
when necessary, discuss them with our legal group. You patience is 
appreciated. And, your efforts to efficiently organize and communicate 
your requests are not only appreciated but critical.

For the time being, please use the following protocol:
-Announce an issue or ask a question in SLDev
-Take conversations to the wiki (noting the link in SLDev)
-Make jira requests for actionable items and post constructive comments 
and design recommendations there.

You can also:
-Email specific or private requests for license info to 
licensing at lindenlab.com
-Contact me directly at liana at lindenlab.com.

Currently, I hold office hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30-9:30 
am PDT. Feel free to stop by:
Liana Linden Living Room in Ambleside (132, 14, 29) 
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ambleside/132/14/29/

You all have my thanks and admiration for the work you've done on 
OpenSL  Cheers,

Liana Holmberg

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