He and I would get along then. I'm the same way. I speak my mind, even though some say I have a HUGE ego, which i do for a reason.. but I do admit it.. lol
I would surely run my Grid as a Non-profit if it came down to it. It really depends on the situation. John On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Karen Palen <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually that (and the other things I outlined in my earlier email) is one > reason I NEVER intend to run my grid "for profit". > > If you ever plan to run a grid "for profit", do look at the rest of John > Hyre's website though. He has a lot for good material and IMHO the right > attitude about taxes. His tax law business is oriented to real world real > estate, but many of the concepts carry over to the "virtual real estate" > which is the only actual "product" sold by Second Life and most OpenSim > grids that I have seen. > > BTW he would call you a wimp for "knuckling under" and not beating the > government (IRS in this case) at their own game. He is nothing if not > outspoken :-) > > Karen > --- On Tue, 1/19/10, Jane Foxclaw <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Jane Foxclaw <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Virtual World Currency gets more complicated > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 6:18 PM > > If it happens it happens.. I'll just > > stop messing with Virtual Sims at that point. No point in > > giving money away to government. Make them earn it like they > > never have in the past. > > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:09 PM, > > lamont cranston <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > if the > > currency is real, then you need to be cautious. > > The tax man is watching. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:32 PM, > > Jane Foxclaw <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Ok so your point here is that we > > should NOT go live with currency ? because I am lost as to > > what the point it is your trying to make here. > > > > > > Sonya > > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 4:14 PM, > > Karen Palen <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > This is from today's slashdot.org > > > > > > > > > > I know many OpenSim users are planning to set up soem form > > of currency exchange on their grids. THis si one of the > > aspects that needs to be considered before "going > > live". > > > > > > > > Karen > > > > > > > > > http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/01/19/1653240/Virtual-Currency-Becomes-Real-In-South-Korea > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Virtual Currency Becomes Real In South Korea on Tuesday > > January 19, @01:29PM > > > > Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 19, @01:29PM > > > > from the license-to-print-money dept. > > > > money > > > > garylian writes "Massively is reporting that the South > > Korean Supreme Court has stated that virtual currency is the > > equivalent of real-world money. For those of you who might > > not be drawing the link, the core there is that selling > > in-game currency for real money is essentially just an > > exchange of currency and perfectly legal in South Korea. > > This could have sweeping implications for RMT operations the > > world over, not to mention free-to-play games and... well, > > online games in general. The official story is available > > online from JoongAng Daily." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Opensim-users mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Opensim-users mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > (\__/) > > (='.'=) > > (")_(") > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Opensim-users mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensim-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >
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