Opening the Gates of Second Life – Linden Labs Announce Open Source

January 08th 2007

I just read the press release from Linden Labs about them embracing the concept of open source development for their viewer software.

I’m a huge fan of virtual worlds as you know and have covered everything from Second Life building costs to my Second Life Primer. This news is a big shift and will effect everything that we know in Second Life. I say that in a good way. I think this is a great thing and I’m looking forward to seeing what people will do with this.

I’m sure some will have malicious intent with their ideas, but on the flip side I know that this is a very good thing. Lots of good can come from this and it’s great to be part of it.

I think I’m going to go jump in world and see what the vibe is like there.

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  • http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com Christopher Penn, Financial Aid Podcast

    Get ready for new grids.

    If Linden Labs is dedicated to opening the source of SL, it’ll be a short time before the back-end sim architecture is reverse-engineered from the client. What would virtual worlds look like if everyone had one? Will we need to create an open federation of identities so you can traverse multiverses? Or, like the Web, will we need a different sign-on for every multiverse? If that’s the case, expect the economics to radically change, too. Suppose the Student Loan Network opens up a grid where the game is progressively more free in exchange for progressively more registration data? Will information trump money?

  • http://www.cc-chapman.com C.C. Chapman

    Like I said Chris, it’s going to be damn fun to watch and see what happens.

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