Hi again, folks. Thinking about the TPV directory, I came to the conclusion that this tool, first intended as an advertizing one, doesn't currently reach its goal and even mistakes some users who think they will not be able to use their favourite viewer after the 30th of April if it's not listed in the directory: it is seen by many as a censoring tool.
The aim of a directory should be to preserve users from using dangerous viewers, also "punishing" the bad developpers (and actually, the pirates) by pointing them out. Fact is that for now, the "good guys" who provide compliant viewers but who cannot afford giving away their real life data to get listed in the white list are the ones being unfairly "punished" by not being able to advertize their viewer. Also, there is already a list of third parties viewers on the SL Wiki so the directory is kind of redundant... I therefore want to submit a (constructive) proposal. Instead of a white list for which Linden Lab actually guarantees nothing and to which some developers won't be able to register anyway because of privacy and local Law concerns, why not making a black list ? The black list would contain the viewer names of right out illegal viewers or not yet TPV-policy compliant viewers (for the latter, and when compliance is being worked on by their developers, a grey list could even be created). Regards, Henri. _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
