Intergrid permissions, with Xan Linden

Xan Linden will be standing in for Zero Linden at the usual Second Life office hours in Grasmere at 1PM SLT (US Pacific time) on Tuesday, 1 July (though we'd expect a potential change of venue, as this one is likely to be packed). The topic for the session will be issues pertaining to intergrid permissions.

The debate about intergrid permissions has been a hot topic since 2005, when Linden Lab announced it would be opening up server and viewer code. If you've been awake for any of that, you'll probably be aware that content permissions are only preserved with the active cooperation of the receiver. Retrofitting interoperable content systems into an existing non-interoperable grid opens up a whole slew of issues that just haven't been dealt with previously.

The rights of content creators fuels the Second Life economy, so this is no small item, nor will it everything be solved in a single session. Indeed, the Architecture Working Group has been debating the topic pretty much since their inception. If you're going to show, be early (and check the forum thread for any venue or time changes).