Second Life Releases Client Source under GPL v2
Linden Labs, developers of the fringe subculture catch-all MMO game Second Life, have released their client’s source code to the public for development under the GNU GPL version 2. It’s amazing news because not long ago this guy was calling for an open source virtual game world based on second life. The release of the client is a good first step.
“Stepping up the development of the Second Life Grid to everyone interested, I am proud to announce the availability of the Second Life client source code for you to download, inspect, compile, modify, and use within the guidelines of the GNU GPL version 2.”
You may remember recent trouble with the openness of Second Life when an interview was crashed by an enterprising hacker who wrote a program to attack with animated penises.
Is the release of the client a step in the right direction, or are we going to see more “visualized script kiddies” in second life than ever?