Second Life will be down for update Wednesday morning 5:30 - 8:30

Second Life will be down Wednesday morning from 5:30 AM to 8:30 AM PT while I update the servers and client to version 1.5.5.

(Yes, I expect to get it done within three hours this time.)

The release notes are below:


Second Life 1.5.5 Sept 29, 2004
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- Added fern and eucalyptus trees.

- Land panel is enabled for group members, not just group officers. Now non-officers can contribute land again.

- llGiveInventoryList() can now properly give multiple copies of items in
the object's inventory.

- llParseString2List() reverted to old behavior where it ignores null
strings. That is, llParseString2List("test||is|working",["|"],[])
returns ["test", "is", "working"] instead of ["test","","is","working"].

- Added llParseStringKeepNulls() to provide the behavior that is being
removed from llParseString2List() above.

- Fixed a bug where it was possible to lose creator and permissions
information while editing clothing and body parts in the avatar
customization tool.

- Fixed a teleport bug that would first cause teleport to incorrectly fail
with the message, ""Sorry, teleport is currently blocked. Try again in a
moment...." and would then prevent the resident from being handed off the
a neighboring sim should they try to walk across the border.

- Fixed llApplyRotationalImpulse() which was erroneously not applying any
impulse at all.

A revised terms of service will be pushed to SL residents as part of the v1.5.5 update tomorrow. You'll need to agree during log-in.

The Terms of Service serve as the legal agreement for the customer relationship between you and Linden Lab. The specific sections which have changed are:

1. Section 3.2: added account limits per credit card

2. Section 5.1: clarified that behaviors include actions within Second Life as well as 'uploads'

3. Sections 3.7 and 7.1: added a refund clause for termination due to 'bad acts'

4. Sections 7.2 and 9.1: clarified that Linden Lab does not have a service level agreement in the EULA, and will not offer refunds for interrupted service

5. Section 12: added binding arbitration for dispute resolution.

You can read the new TOS here.

Edited to correct the link.