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Second Life To Open Source Server Code

Posted by Zonk on from the over-there-is-sixth-life-nobody-goes-there dept.

mrspin writes "Having already taken the timid steps of open-sourcing the code for its client software, Linden Lab has confirmed that they'll be going the whole way, and will soon be opening up the server code for Second Life. This furthers Second Life's ambitions to be a fully distributed 3D network — built on interoperability and not owned by one company — a bit like the Internet itself. ZDNet's The Social Web asks: 'who will be the first to offer Second Life hosting or use the server code for their own internal purposes? IBM would be an obvious candidate, perhaps offering corporate Second Life services. And for the rest of us? GoogleLife, free virtual land — ad supported of course. It's certainly a possibility.'"

13 of 221 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Say hello to Sin City by SQLGuru · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why bother? They already use the LL servers for that.

    Layne

  2. N/T by PatrickThomson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Second life is the new IRC? I can see it happening. I propose an interface to allow people to be present in second life from an IRC client.

    > look
    You are in a room of user-created content. Exits are north, south, and dennis.

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    I am one of many. My idea is not unique, nor do I expect my voice alone to sway you. I speak in a chorus of opinion.
    1. Re:N/T by omeomi · · Score: 2, Funny

      look You are in a room of user-created content. Exits are north, south, and dennis.

      > go north

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      ZuluPad, the wiki notepad on crack
    2. Re:N/T by PatrickThomson · · Score: 2, Funny

      You are attacked by a flock of flying penises.

      > duck

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      I am one of many. My idea is not unique, nor do I expect my voice alone to sway you. I speak in a chorus of opinion.
    3. Re:N/T by Lunar_Lamp · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oh, sorry; You are attacked by a flock of flying ducks.

    4. Re:N/T by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Let me get this straight, you're being attacked by a flock of flying penises, and your first instinct is to bend over?

      --
      "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  3. Re:Angles of angels by MindStalker · · Score: 2, Funny

    For some its the money, for some its the scripting (its got a MUSH like scripting engine.. hmm MUSH..) and for many its the furry sex!

  4. Re:Say hello to Sin City by doctormetal · · Score: 4, Funny

    How will they call their version? Second Wife?

  5. Re:Harsh Realm by hotdiggitydawg · · Score: 4, Funny

    GoogleLife, free virtual land -- ad supported of course.
    How about applying GoogleMaps to a Second Life server, a few alterations to allow weaponry, NPCs from census data, and create your own Harsh Realm? ...then have the server wirelessly transmit your avatar commands to a DARPA contest vehicle fitted with a webcam and a wide range of heavy artillery, and hey presto! You've got the most realistic version of Grand Theft Auto anyone has ever seen...
  6. Re:Say hello to Sin City by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, that's the version hosted in Utah...

    (ducks)

  7. Re:The Street by Cathoderoytube · · Score: 2, Funny

    If by 'Metaverse' you mean my own personal world where I can ride around on a giraffe and shoot leprechauns then yes.

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    I have nothing compelling to say
  8. What do you to call it? Third Life? by wcspxyx · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many lives does one person need? Most folks don't even have a first life.

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    Sig? What sig? Do I have to have a sig!?!?
  9. Re:What do you to call it? Third Life? by mehlkelm · · Score: 2, Funny

    No. Third Life would is when someone creates the internet in second life and on this second internet an online role playing game. You would be able to sit down in front of your computer, log on to second life, fly to your house, go to your computer there and log on to third life.