In other words, CopyBot can't copy contents of prims. It cannot enter a shop and copy all of the products because all it can see is the vendors.
CopyBot does not need permissions to copy an object.The residual effects have yet to be seen, due to some organizing a boycott of buying and selling in Second Life due to Linden Lab's response of CopyBot, as well as some items being effectively leaked to freebie form.CopyBot is a program written with libsecondlife (not affiliated with or distributed by the libsecondlife team) that connects to Second Life which allows users to make copies of objects without the permission of their creators. In addition, LibSL had experienced a complete restructuring of command, with several people moving to only programmer status, as well as moving of the source code to a site which allows tigher control of distribution. Also, it has disbanded a member who was seen to be discussing the more nefarious uses of the bot. In response to the leak of CopyBot, LibSL has now restricted access to its developer code. Others criticized Linden Lab for their support of LibSL. LibSL had received severe criticism from residents for the lack of ethics some of the developers had, as well as lack of control they had over their source code.
In reaction to the leak of a potentially devastating tool, several shops closed doors in protest.
On November 14, 2006, CopyBot was leaked to the public without LibSL's approval. It did not have the ability to copy the contents of objects, including any scripts that may have been used. Under its more famous features, it had the ability to copy the prims it sees on someone's avatar, or an individual free-standing object. CopyBot is a project by Libsecondlife in an effort to provide a tool for the end user to back up and download/upload one's own creations.
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