Buying small plots of land

This is in response to the change in the Community Standards made today.

A few weeks ago, I would have been in violation of the new rule regarding the purchase of small plots. Not because I was being malicious, but because I actually needed small plots of land scattered over a large area: I was putting up checkpoints for a race course.

I could have purchased 8x8, or 12x12, or 16x16, or larger plots instead of the 4x4 that I needed. I didn't, because it was more expensive and got me nothing. I could have left the hoops on public land, but they would have decayed, and the first person through with a scavenger script would have cancelled several hours of careful placement work to grab up a total of L$20. I could have put the hoops on claimed land, but I felt it was not neighbourly to clutter up others' land with my objects.

It goes without saying that I would have released the land on request, as long as there was an understanding that the new land owner would not delete a piece of my race track. I was not purposefully obstructing the purchase of large pieces of land. The rule seems to prohibit the purchase of small plots of land (how small is small, anyway?) without consideration of intent, though, so from my reading it would apply to this activity.

So, how would I put up many small objects over a large area, legitimately, under the new rule?

Bob, I am pretty sure that we would find no violation of the community standards in this case.

Some things to keep in mind:
We investigate every abuse report independently on a case by case basis. This method keep sus from "auto-detecting" land abuses such as these.
We look at the total case, not just the point of the view of the reporter. For instance, mad-person reports that someone keeps bumping into them. We examine the report, notice that they are new, also notice that they appear to have flying control problems, and that their frame rate is really low. Chances are that the person was just new, and not purposefully running into the person.

The community standards are designed to keep the residents focused on the "spirit" of Second Life, and will continue to be applied appropriately.

Make sense?

-Peter

Thanks, Peter; that satisfies my concerns.