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== Teens in Second Life ==


'''When will Teen Second Life close?'''
Second Life is generally for adults 18 years and older; however, if you are 13 years of age or older you can use Second Life with some restrictions.  If you're:
* '''16-17 years old''' you can access regions and search results that have a General maturity rating.
* '''13-15 years old''', you can access Second Life through an affiliated organization and will be restricted to the private estate of that organization.  Only avatars approved by that organization will be able to enter these estates. You can't use Second Life search or purchase items from the Marketplace.


* December 31, 2010
See [http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Maturity-ratings/ta-p/700119 Maturity ratings] Knowledge Base article for information on Second Life maturity ratings.


'''When will the minimum age on the Main Grid lower to 16, and when will the transition of 16+ Residents, and organizations that serve them, on Teen Second Life occur?'''
===Linden Homes ===
Linden Homes are not available to Residents under the age of 18. Sixteen and seventeen year-old users have the other benefits of becoming premium account holders.  However, they will not be able to access Linden Homes until they turn 18.


* On, or before, December 31, 2010
== Organizations sponsoring under-16 Residents ==


== Individual teen account transfer to the Main Grid ==
===Requirements for sponsoring organizations===
All organizations serving users under the age of 16 must keep their estates private, with 13-15 year old accounts limited to their estate.  Access to the estate by users 16 or older will be at the discretion of the owner of that estate, using estate privacy and whitelist features.


'''What will 16 and 17 year olds have access to on the Main Grid?'''
To serve 13-15 year old users, you must limit them to your Second Life estate.  To do this, you must:
* Use the {{LLOlink|Registration API}}.
* Have a private region (island) in Second Life.
* Bring teens onto this island through your own website.


* Second Life Residents under 18 years old will only be able to access regions and search results with a General maturity rating
You can form groups that include teens and IM and exchange objects with teens who come in through your Reg API. However, in this case, these accounts will NOT be able to leave your island and visit other spaces, search within Second Life or purchase from the Marketplace. In this "closed island" model, you can form groups, IM, and exchange objects with them; but all these activities are limited to your island.


'''What will be transferred when 16 and 17 year olds are promoted to the Main Grid?'''
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* All inventory will be transferred
* We are working out details around the transfer of groups, friends, and land.  Full regions that are owned by individual teens that are 16 or older will be transferred at the request of the Residents, and for group land ownership and other land ownership structures we will be speaking with the teens and working internally to determine the most appropriate solutions.
 
'''What will happen to accounts and content held by 13-15 year olds?'''
 
* All accounts and content for 13-15 year olds will be preserved (avatars, inventory, land) so that these Residents can easily join the Main Grid when they turn 16, or if we are able to serve younger Residents in the future
 
== Organization (NPOs, educational institutions, etc) transfers to the Main Grid ==
 
'''What will happen to accounts and content held by organizations on TSL?'''
* For organizations serving the 16+ population, land, avatars, and inventory for these Residents will be transferred at the request of the institutions
* In addition, as stated above, we will be working quickly to attempt to find solutions that will work for organizations serving younger demographics as well
* An important objective for these customers and us, among other business objectives, is to find a solution that could allow existing Teen Second Life customers who serve 13 - 15 year olds to move to the Main Grid without an interruption in service, but we don't know if that will be possible yet
 
'''What will happen to accounts and content held by 13-15 year olds?'''
* As with the individual teen accounts, all content and avatars will be preserved so that if we are able to serve younger Residents in the future, these organizations will not need to start anew

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Teens in Second Life

Second Life is generally for adults 18 years and older; however, if you are 13 years of age or older you can use Second Life with some restrictions. If you're:

  • 16-17 years old you can access regions and search results that have a General maturity rating.
  • 13-15 years old, you can access Second Life through an affiliated organization and will be restricted to the private estate of that organization. Only avatars approved by that organization will be able to enter these estates. You can't use Second Life search or purchase items from the Marketplace.

See Maturity ratings Knowledge Base article for information on Second Life maturity ratings.

Linden Homes

Linden Homes are not available to Residents under the age of 18. Sixteen and seventeen year-old users have the other benefits of becoming premium account holders. However, they will not be able to access Linden Homes until they turn 18.

Organizations sponsoring under-16 Residents

Requirements for sponsoring organizations

All organizations serving users under the age of 16 must keep their estates private, with 13-15 year old accounts limited to their estate. Access to the estate by users 16 or older will be at the discretion of the owner of that estate, using estate privacy and whitelist features.

To serve 13-15 year old users, you must limit them to your Second Life estate. To do this, you must:

  • Use the Registration API.
  • Have a private region (island) in Second Life.
  • Bring teens onto this island through your own website.

You can form groups that include teens and IM and exchange objects with teens who come in through your Reg API. However, in this case, these accounts will NOT be able to leave your island and visit other spaces, search within Second Life or purchase from the Marketplace. In this "closed island" model, you can form groups, IM, and exchange objects with them; but all these activities are limited to your island.

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