I would like to comment to this Perrie . SL knows . In the beginning of the discussions about Open Sims many people in SL went to go and set up other grids. The discussion with Linden was the plan originally was that Open Sims would eventually open up and allow tp and other avenues to the open grids from Second Life. Those connections didn't happen. There are many Open Sims now that have similar platforms to the Second Life grid. LL was involved in the beginning and accepting of the open sim direction. There were signs all over Second Life advertising the Open Sim meetings and forums. Linda Kellie was one of the founders of that movement. Unworldly is one of the open sim grids that has established a link between the two.
The connection center does NOT take a fee, nor is there one that is taken out at the terminals. There is no exchange of money. Your avatars in the two worlds are linked. What is happening is you are paying your own avatar or alt avatar. The terminal is only a transition link between the two. InBiz is the market for IW and is not able to be bought from on SL..Just as IW residence are not able to by from the Marketplace. The fund transfers are like taking Linden and paying your alt. It is a straight across exchange. None of these business's providing a service to those of us that go between both grids are making a profit from these exchanges. LL does know of the two business's and the two gridz founders do have communications.
This grid actually Benefits Secondlife. Many of us that are builder's, creators, and the like that have traversed the two worlds spend much of out time creating in IW. When making an item that you have to pay for uploads it can be quite expensive to pay 10L an upload everytime you need to make a tweak. We that go between grids work mostly in IW and work to help make that grid viable. In the mean time when we are completed with a project we then PAY LINDEN to upload our finished product.
Fyi - there is a new terms of use for Secondlife and many creators are pulling out because of it. That is around item 4 in the list of agreements to play the game. It states that anything brought into SL is SL property. So we are creating, paying them to upload out art into Secondlife, and they can take our creations and do what they will even if it is copywrited. The reason it over rides copyrights and TOS in SL? Is because we have to click agree to the terms of play in order to be let into the game. Therefore, if we click that agreement button we just over road our own copyrights.
SL may fix this soon and there are plenty of rl people who are watching the direction it goes. In the mean time no new art is being uploaded into the game. We are using what we already have in there to make new things or rework the old. The communications between the two worlds was working pretty well for all of us that go between grids. We love both sides and wish to continue playing. In the end, Like WOW, League of Legends, and all the other interactive computer games. They are games and are meant to be enjoyed. It allows for socialization with other people around the world we don't get in our rl.
The Centers in both worlds are a connection point between SL and an Open Sim. It was created by some very talented people on their own dime and many hours of hard work. No one makes a profit off this anymore then LL makes a profit off you when you pay one of your alts or a store for a virtual item. It would not have been allowed if it had. I started many years ago in SL and have never had a premium account. I have worked here, owned sims here, paid tier costs, and owned business's. My account is just as valid as the others since my income I either pay outside to bring in when the l is low or I make it in world.
Enjoy the games and the people
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