I don't particularly care if giant "casino" and "gaming" sims are slapped with extra fee's and the need for licenses to be honest, they fleece enough people everyday and make a giant profit to be able to afford it. I can understand why these places may need legitimate licenses.
What I care about and can't understand is the absolute disregard LL has shown for the average person, yet again, who run games, contests, trivia and other random events for FUN that "oh no" sometimes includes linden prizes.
These prizes (at my venue at least) are -gifts- from myself (or my staff) to our VIP's. It's a simple fun random thing to do every now and then. My community is non-profit, and has fed LL's grid with a steady stream of traffic for nearly 6 years. 6 years of tiers and you expect more, from countless non-profit entities that simply exist for the pleasure of others.
I cannot afford to run a non-profit community, and pay for a "gaming" sim + license + application fee + solicitors fees purely so I can GIVE AWAY small amounts of L$ as gifts occassionally, using random things like trivia balls (skill) or contest boards (chance mostly), and I find this, "Second Life residents will need to make this determination on a case by case basis" to be a complete cop-out in regards to simply leaving us all open for a hard slap we don't deserve.
Do us a favour and actually answer someones question about THIS. Non-profit gifted PRIZES and CONTESTS. And don't sling out the same response about items being able to be paid into either, thats ridiculous and answers nothing. We're all aware these items can be "paid into", but it doesn't fall into the same category as a giant "gaming sim", nor should it.
You need to ammend this change to include SOMETHING for normal users so as not to screw over the majority of the grid, which is exactly what you're about to do.
Money-grab much?