How Should We Tag New OpenSimulator Downloads?

Veteran metaverse developer Timeless Prototype asks a very good question about OpenSimulator:  "With the recent increase in OpenSim usage, the natural progression will be for people to offer entire simulator creations for download." Trouble is, Timeless finds that most of the obvious acroynyms are already being used by other technologies, others are trademarked, and his suggestion, "osdlmod", isn't quite cutting it. 

Got any ideas?  Suggest on Mr. Prototype's blog.  So far, I kinda like Vint Falken's suggestion "DOMOS" most.  (I.E., "Downloadable Metaverse OpenSim".)  Much like "http" has become "Hat tip", a term to thank someone for sending you a link, there's a nice real world word analogy: "Domo" is a Japanese word roughly translating as "good" used in multiple contexts.  Plus, it would increase the likelihood we'll get an OpenSim based on Domo-kun, and what can be wrong with that? First credits: Maze Island, an OpenSim creation, NHK.

Comments

[Jovin]

Just wondrin'...

If worlds.com does go ahead and demand licensing payments or even sues over its claimed patents with regard to virtual worlds, then who pays on behalf of OpenSim? If that goes ahead aren't they dead in the water anyway?

[SignpostMarv Martin]

tagging isn't the only solution!

[Timeless Prototype]

SignpostMarv has a point.

[Anonymus-Not]

people should realize that one or two of those pesky admins would download all your content if they run 'free worlds'.

dont tag it anyway, just forget about it. otherwise if you propagate it the inter-worlds copying will reach unsurpassable levels. (no its not really theft because you are 'just' copied; time to update your 'beliefs'.)

and no it cannot be stopped. i dont want to include any bit of info here for 'theeves', but believe me it is as easy as plucking an apple from a tree. and if you propagate these 'free' worlds you just make the real -- amateur and pro -- content creators leave the whole vw biz.

it just won't worth it to support these angry kids who are (rightfully) p**sed off bc of the openspaces to let them lure people out to a totally uncontrollable alternative of sl.

[Gwyneth Llewelyn]

wget -r http://www.microsoft.com

Hey cool, I've just made a full copy of Microsoft's content, with logos, images, CSS, everything! Wow I'm going to be rich reselling that content! Web designers are *doomed*, how silly of them to put websites online for everybody to copy it!