I'm now on a mission to find ways to back up and archive virtual assets for the future. The current Rutgers University build does have the group and owner permissions set so that we can back up our assets and move them to OpenSim as needed. If there was a service available through Linden Lab that allowed us to pay for sim backup and restoration I would sign up in a minute. This would eliminate the current dilemma, of having a sim created without the correct group, and ownership permissions.
It's really unfortunate that a single budgetary decision or practical decision can wipe out untold hours of work and effort by many people. I did reach out to the stake holders, and spent valuable time giving people the opportunity for feedback. I've examined the sim with multiple people across Second Life. We've looked at it technically to determine if backing up to Open Sim would be an option. It is not. Even if a technical solution was available permissions and copyright issues cannot be obtained to make it possible.
We're taking the option to return the objects to owner and reuse the sim in the future version of Livingston Campus. I will be making effort to find places across our current sim to integrate the ideas of the OIRT sim into our full Rutgers University Virtual World. I'm looking forward to working with those stake holders to bring the entire Rutgers Second Life environment to a new level of quality, and commitment to virtual world best practices. The items will be returned to owner at 2pm EST, April 29th, 2010.
It's really unfortunate that a single budgetary decision or practical decision can wipe out untold hours of work and effort by many people. I did reach out to the stake holders, and spent valuable time giving people the opportunity for feedback. I've examined the sim with multiple people across Second Life. We've looked at it technically to determine if backing up to Open Sim would be an option. It is not. Even if a technical solution was available permissions and copyright issues cannot be obtained to make it possible.
We're taking the option to return the objects to owner and reuse the sim in the future version of Livingston Campus. I will be making effort to find places across our current sim to integrate the ideas of the OIRT sim into our full Rutgers University Virtual World. I'm looking forward to working with those stake holders to bring the entire Rutgers Second Life environment to a new level of quality, and commitment to virtual world best practices. The items will be returned to owner at 2pm EST, April 29th, 2010.
--Rick Anderson (Rk Jinn)
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