Linden Lab’s New ToS, the Bank Secrecy Act, and You – This is an interesting article that may explain why the Linden’s ToS has changed. It mostly has to do with the recent enactment of new rules for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
New Materials Viewer Released
Today I see version 3.5.2 (275381) Project Materials Viewer is out. I’ve just downloaded it. I won’t get to play with it until tomorrow.
Second Life News 2013-19 #2

AO Functions
You’ll know they are there, if they work. I think Maestro Linden means they are grid wide now. He explained it this way:
Ah, see the next line, Inara:
* Changes since 13.04.26.274926
** Includes changes from Second Life Server 13.04.29.274986That 13.04.29.274986 version has all the AO goodies. I’m removing the “Changes since 13.04.19.274370” section from the 13.05.04.275247 release notes to prevent further confusion.
Direct Delivery
I don’t say much about the Market Place. It is too frustrating and the Lindens working on it stay hidden. But, this morning I see new forum posts about the SL Market Place Product Reviews not working. One person wanted to leave a comment on their product about a problem mentioned in a review being corrected. They couldn’t.
Second Life New ToS
Today I hit the new Terms of Server agreement. You can read the thing, if you can stay awake or get the highlights here: Updated Second Life Terms of Service. They tossed in a 2 minute video:
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The primary change is the Lab is limiting the purchase of Linden$. You will only be allowed to purchase from the Lab.
I gather that third party exchanges will continue to exist. Since it is possible to transfer Linden$ from avatar to avatar, some other types of markets will continue. But, if you get ripped-off by a third party Linden$ vendor, you are most definitely on your own.
AO Functions Rollout
Maestro Linden has posted in the Deploy thread answering Inara’s question on when the AO functions would be rolled out. The answer: today. The release notes have been changed to avoid making it sound like the AO functions were being taken out.
Second Life News 2013-19
We have an RC package rolling to the main channel Tuesday. This is the package running on Magnum last week.

The features in it are: