Second life software architecture

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Email me replies to any of my messages in this thread. Community comments. Watch thread. Close Your Reply. Basic membership is free, but Linden Lab sells real estate to those who want to set up shop. The release means that Linden Lab has begun a move across a philosophical chasm of the software industry. On one side are proprietary software companies such as Microsoft, which can control and sell their products. On the other are open-source organizations and companies willing to accept unfettered distribution of software but betting on advantages of outside involvement and the possibility of fast, broad adoption.

Linden plans to eventually make the server software that powers its grid open-source software as well, Ondrejka said, though he said Linden will proceed cautiously and gave no deadlines. But we want to be careful about that. Not all are convinced that opening the server side of Second Life makes financial sense for Linden. But Ondrejka said there's a "long list" of revenue possibilities. The GPL requires that anyone may see, modify, and distribute a program's underlying source code, but anyone who distributes the modified software must make the changes publicly available.

Linden Lab will vet all outside contributions and maintain control of an official version of the viewer software, the company said. We also encourage you to take a look at the IEEE article on designing an effective system architecture which addresses all of the project goals.

Please note that this glossary is specific to the SL Architecture Working Group and is intended for use only within the context of Second Life.