Chic at Ebbe's Place

Soooo --

What else do we know a few days after the announcement?

Ebbe has confirmed that you will be able to have inventory in both worlds but that of course it will not be a mirror as some items will not transfer over. See this thread now way over 1000 as I type this. 

Jessica Lyon talked with Saffia at the birthday bash giving her take on the new world. I enjoyed the comments including the thought that it takes TIME for a world to come into its own. It isn't like SL 2.0 will open its doors finished, ready to go, and thousands of folks will MOVE.

That migration part of the equation has been talked about a lot on the forums. There is no official plan at the moment -- or at least not one that is open to the public. While the majority (at least the ones yelling the loudest) want goods to be tranportable to the new grid, others simply want to start over.

Personally? I am kinda in the middle. I won't miss too many SL 1.0 object that will be left behind; I currently plan to inhabit both worlds as I am an eclectic gal. Ebbe's comment on transportation and the TOS was "it won't be a problem". In effect -- as I see it anyway -- Linden Lab has the ability and the legal thumbs up to transfer items FOR folks or perhaps let them transport themselves.

It is a long way off and really no reason to spend a ton of time wondering as things will likely change as the platform become more solid in concept. One active topic on the forums has been the portability of FULL PERM ITEMS with EULAs. Morally of course that would be a no-no, but I am thinking (oh so not an attorney) that the TOS trumps the EULA since Linden Lab has all rights except copyright AND the text in the much quoted clause 2.3 states that they can do what they want WITHOUT attribution (meaning the content creator's name could be stripped from the object as it was with Second Inventory.  That program appears to still be for sale. Hmmm.

Posts on the threads have slowed as folks both get answers and become tired of writing (and reading).

There has been an increase in travel plans for some SLers. Inworldz daily new accounts has more than doubled in the last couple of days. Since they hold the lion's share of the private worlds by a longshot (twice the size of the next five on the list) they would be the most likely to sign a siren's call to refugees. Will they stay?

Jessica in her talk mentioned that leaving SL because of the possible in the future loss of inventory on the new grid FOR a grid where you were guaranteed to need all new inventory -- didn't make all that much sense. I tend to agree.