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Is this true?
Macphisto Angelus
JAFO
Join date: 21 Oct 2004
Posts: 5,831
09-15-2006 14:37
From: someone
I think the change in policy was announced somewhere around the time Torley became a Linden, not sure.

They announced that whereas they used to have a rule that if you became a Linden, you couldn't continue to profit from SL itself, as a resident, they were changing that.

They rescinded that rule, they said, because they wanted people to be Lindens who weren't willing to give up their businesses.

So now the Lindens not only run SL, and decide all its policies, they also make money from it, too.


And if so surely there are some stipulations? For instance a Linden could not be a Land Seller right? There must be some lines drawn?
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Robin Linden
Linden Lifer
Join date: 25 Nov 2002
Posts: 1,224
09-15-2006 14:59
Our policy is that if a Linden employee has a business in Second Life through their alt account, they are subject to rules regarding currency exchange -- they may not trade on the exchange based on inside information. It works much like the insider trading rules on the stock exchange.

The specific rules for managing alt accounts are:

- you cannot transfer L$ into your alt account
- you are not eligible for bonuses or awards
- you may not participate in any contests
- you may not purchase land in any auctions, although you may purchase land from other Residents
- you understand that Linden Lab will audit your transactions on a monthly basis
- you are also bound by the Insider Information and Linden Dollar Currency Trading Policy which you signed, which requires you to notify Linden Lab of transactions to buy/sell L$ of a certain amount
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