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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.'"

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  1. Pessemists start your engines by Danathar · · Score: 0, Troll

    I predict we'll see all sorts of "glass half-empty" posts about this.

    Guess what? Why not think of the "positive" aspects of this instead of taking a big steaming dump on it?

  2. Cool! A Minnie Driver/Anne Hathaway love scene. by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 0, Troll

    > The Social Web asks: 'who will be the first to offer Second Life hosting
    > or use the server code for their own infernal purposes?

    Fixed it for you!

    Would the strike tag really kill things around here?

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    (-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.