Comments on: Furnation speaks http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/furnation-speaks/355/ VTOR - Virtual TO Reality, featuring Second Life Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:01:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Second Life Pizza Gets Some Real Life Delivery » VTOR - Virtual TO Reality http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/furnation-speaks/355/comment-page-1/#comment-7835 Second Life Pizza Gets Some Real Life Delivery » VTOR - Virtual TO Reality Sat, 26 May 2007 07:31:26 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/furnation-speaks/355/#comment-7835 [...] it seems very risky especially reading about other people having problems with money in SL. [ furnation money problems ] [ dark life robbed [...] [...] it seems very risky especially reading about other people having problems with money in SL. [ furnation money problems ] [ dark life robbed [...]

]]> By: jvastine http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/furnation-speaks/355/comment-page-1/#comment-84 jvastine Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:57:38 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/furnation-speaks/355/#comment-84 Caliandris, thanks for bringing these issues that Nexxus Ambassador faced in recent events to the VTOR readership. The events that Nexxus relates in his blog post raise some serious issues regarding Linden Labs. During the time that I have been an SL resident, roughly one year now, I seem to recall a number of instances that brought rise to serious questions regarding the actions of Linden Labs. Now what if there was fraudulent activity, similar to that which transpired with Furnation, was involved with any one of the sims of companies like Dell, Sun, IBM, or any one of the other big business that have an SL presence. Would Linden Labs have treated this in the same fashion? I for one, seriously doubt it. How about you? I wish there was a way for the residents of SL to band together and press Linden Labs on issues of this nature in order to protect those of us who are honest and abide by the TOS (terms of service), plus our time and monetary investments, and the communities that we build within Second Life. But I do fear that their TOS pretty much eliminates any chance of that. The blatantly unfair actions of Linden Labs must cease if they intend to carry Second Life to the next level. But perhaps they no longer wish to carry Second Life further along, which could be a reason behind the GPL move. I whole heartedly agree with Nexxus, the 3D virtual world platform has a vast untapped potential for many great things, far beyond that of being merely a vehicle for ecommerce. With Linden Labs moving the Second Life software to a GPL license ensures a brighter future for all who wish to develop & build a thriving virtual community that endures. Caliandris, thanks for bringing these issues that Nexxus Ambassador faced in recent events to the VTOR readership. The events that Nexxus relates in his blog post raise some serious issues regarding Linden Labs. During the time that I have been an SL resident, roughly one year now, I seem to recall a number of instances that brought rise to serious questions regarding the actions of Linden Labs. Now what if there was fraudulent activity, similar to that which transpired with Furnation, was involved with any one of the sims of companies like Dell, Sun, IBM, or any one of the other big business that have an SL presence. Would Linden Labs have treated this in the same fashion? I for one, seriously doubt it. How about you?

I wish there was a way for the residents of SL to band together and press Linden Labs on issues of this nature in order to protect those of us who are honest and abide by the TOS (terms of service), plus our time and monetary investments, and the communities that we build within Second Life. But I do fear that their TOS pretty much eliminates any chance of that. The blatantly unfair actions of Linden Labs must cease if they intend to carry Second Life to the next level. But perhaps they no longer wish to carry Second Life further along, which could be a reason behind the GPL move.

I whole heartedly agree with Nexxus, the 3D virtual world platform has a vast untapped potential for many great things, far beyond that of being merely a vehicle for ecommerce. With Linden Labs moving the Second Life software to a GPL license ensures a brighter future for all who wish to develop & build a thriving virtual community that endures.

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