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Poppet McGimsie
Proprietrix, WUNDERBAR
Join date: 28 Jul 2006
Posts: 197
10-25-2006 22:07
Thanks so much for your reply, but now I am more confused than I was before!

From: someone
Seller creates an object in world and sets Next Owner to +M -C +T (yes modify, no copy, yes transfer). These are 'baked' into the Asset when the object is taken into inventory.

Seller takes the item into inventory, opens its property box and sees that the Next Owner permissions are +M -C +T still. This is because the Inventory Item has its permissions bits set based on the Asset when it is taken.

(It is important to note that an Inventory Item is a link with some meta information to an actual Asset. An Inventory Item is NOT an Asset)

Seller changes the permissions on the Inventory Item to -M -C +T. NOTE: This doesn't change any permissions on the Asset! Only on the inventory item.

Seller gives the item to Buyer. Buyer looks at the permissions of the Inventory Item and sees Current Owner permissions of -M -C +T. Also Next Owner permissions are not enabled.

Buyer rezes the item, and notes the object has Current Owner permissions of -M +C -T. Yay! That is correct! Everyone is happy!


If you started by setting the permissions as +M -C +T, and then changed them to -M -C +T (in inventory or elsewhere) then why is it correct for the buyer to have -M +C -T permissions? Is this a typo, or am I missing something fundamental?
Kelly Linden
Linden Developer
Join date: 29 Mar 2004
Posts: 896
10-26-2006 09:39
Arg! Yes, you are absolutely right! That is a typo. :( I have fixed my original post:
From: someone
Buyer rezes the item, and notes the object has Current Owner permissions of -M -C +T. Yay! That is correct! Everyone is happy!


The truth is I started writing my explanation on one computer while I was logged in doing what I was typing on another computer. I started with a +C -T case but realized quickly that the lack of transfer permission made the interesting cases impossible.

Sorry for all the confusion!
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