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Second Life Goes Open Source

Yep. Details right here. Also a FAQ there from which I quote:

Wait, doesn't that mean anyone will be able to change anything in the code? How are you going to keep people from inserting malicious code and exploits into SL?

Anyone will be able to create a new viewer for their own personal use, or share that modified viewer with others. Anyone will be able to submit code to Linden Lab, which we will consider including in the Second Life viewer that most people download from secondlife.com. However, we will carefully review any submission, and ensure that it is safe and stable code that will be of broad benefit to all before we accept it into the mainstream version of the Second Life viewer.


It's the "carefully review" part that makes me wonder. However, I'll hold out from making any predictions or comments yet and see how this works. More on this later.

 


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