With the demonstration last week of logging into a private OpenSim from Second Life, the permissions issues of a "meta grid" are now real and have to be addressed immediately by Linden Lab. The simplest case will be to assume that a content creator did NOT intend for his or her creation to leave the Second Life grid, and the permissions system must reflect this for all existing and future content. If the creator does not set the permission explicitly, the setting is "Creation Grid Only [grid name]" In other words, all existing and new content created in Second LIfe must now be flagged "Creation Grid Only [Second LIfe Grid]", until the creator explicitly changes the flag. Note: due to the long-term design chagnes this proposal requires, probably the first thing that should happen is a simple grayed-out, already x-ed selection: [x] Creation Grid Only [Second LIfe Grid] This can be implemented immediately as a simple user interface change, without requiring any changes on the server side and will serve as a reminder of the existing legal situation: that the TOS doesn't authorize copying assets to other grids. Also, Linden Lab should make blog entry about the situation, noting that private negotiation with individual content creators is an option, even before Linden Lab implements policy changes and related asset server, protocol and user interface support for these changes. References: http://zhaewry.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/happy-jumpy-ruths-interop-takes-a-step/ https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/AWGroupies-2008-06-10 https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Zero_Linden/Office_Hours/2008_June_10 See also: https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/MISC-1277 And put all new comments there.