Default settings now are: 1) Allow nobody to copy 2) Next owner can not copy 3) Next owner can not modify 4) Next owner can not resell/give away This causes new builders to unintentionally build proprietary objects. Experienced builders know very well how to put copy restrictions on their objects, so if they want to make their objects proprietary they can do so anytime. For newbie's however things are different. Newbie's have no intention at all to put restrictions on the simple objects they build, they just want to find out how things work, so therefore we think it is more logical not to put copy restrictions on every prim by default. In order to not build proprietary objects by default, we would like to propose to let authors/builders make an active choice about restrictions. To make this not annoying, I propose to add the option that people can set the rights in the way they want as their default choice. Also, residents that do not want their free creations taken and then protected under IP by others should have that possibility. So they should have the option to spread things with the restriction that if others take them and spread them it should be under the same freedom (conditions) as they gave them. A good example of this is the GPL(2 or 3) used for much of GNU/Linux software. This idea comes from our group 4Freedom and has also been translated to an online petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/secondlife-4freedom/index.html