Hubris, was Re: [sldev] Cache politics: performance vs obfuscation

[Dante Tucker]

Now don't forget everything here is just opinion. The ultimate decision of
what happens with the client is up to Linden Labs. My point is they will
listen to everyone before making a decision, not just the few that rant here
in this list. We look at things from a technical perspective, others will
argue a different perspective. And in the end LL will take all into account.
It's a balance really, no reason to get mad.

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 5:22 PM, <ordinal.malaprop at fastmail.fm> wrote:

>
> On 9 Jun 2008, at 11:34, Thomas Grimshaw wrote:
>
>  Dante Tucker wrote:
>>
>>> Lets all just stop pretending anyone who wants to steal textures can't
>>> with the current system. Anyone who wants them can already get them. The
>>> only thing storing data raw would do is make them more accesable to people
>>> who don't want them and have no knoledge of how to get them currently. And
>>> if they don't want them then whats the harm?
>>>
>> Agreed.
>>
>> I tire of people moaning about IP security.
>>
>> Your stuff is already stolen, deal with it.
>>
>> ~Tom
>>
>
> Not to pick on Tom particularly here, but this is the sort of m message
> that reinforces my opinion that:
>
> (a) the people involved in discussing assets don't understand what those
> _creating_ the assets want or think;
> (b) they don't care.
>
> The level of snobbery applied here is breathtaking, endless references to
> pitchforks ho ho, you know, they're all irrational peasants. But even in the
> current situation, textures not being instantly obtainable by just going to
> the right directory and dragging to somewhere else is a disincentive to
> pirates.
>
> YES, we do all know about glintercept and all the other ways to get hold of
> textures. YES, we know that there is an intrinsic problem here, that
> displaying the damn assets implies that they are received by the client.
> YES, we've all heard these teenage extropian "information wants to be free"
> tropes, thanks all the same.
>
> Amazingly enough, people appreciate the practical issues. What they don't
> like is the idea that they are being treated as idiots and rubes by LL and
> assorted geeky types because they dare to get worried about the reason that
> they are there and building the world for you lot to play about with in the
> first place. Because, you know, if it wasn't for people who make content,
> you and I would not be here discussing this stuff, as I've said before.
>
> If you can't offer anything to content creators apart from "ha ha your
> stuff has already been stolen stupid n00bs" then you might as well close the
> whole company down right now.
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