This sounds like one of those ideas somebody has while they are drinking, but maybe I am just misreading it. Beatnetworks and TUV tekit are forming a contest in which users add-on to a simple script that they have already created, to create an open source tool to control avatar access to content without having to send any information to a third party. The winning entry, picked by the TUV tekit, will get a TUV certification, be available for deployment across the grid, and the winning designers will have access to the real world public relations and media coverage that will come about from the contest.

Talk about user created content, sounds like a heck of an idea, lets make a contest where users create our product for us and we’ll figure out how to monetize it later.

Here’s how the contest works. We are starting with a simple script, which is being provided open source. Individuals and companies can add functionality to the script. The TUV tekit will judge all final entries, and select the best for deployment across the grid. To participate, visit the SL TUV tekit office (landmark), grab a copy of the script and the contest rules, and submit your final entry back to the TUV by September 15, 2007.

The TUV is the premier certification group for ISO 27000 standards, is based in Bonn Germany, and has been doing product quality certification for nearly 150 years. Beatenetworks is an immersive web integration company based in Germany. The winning entry will get a TUV certification, and the winning designers will have access to real world public relations and media coverage courtesy of the TUV. Source: Childprotector Software for Second Life

I will post the Second Life URL as soon as I go in world.

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