Programmer Creates Open Source Second Life Server

Adam Frisby (Adam Zaius in Second Life) has created his own version of the Second Life server technology that's accessed by the Second Life client. OpenSim allows any user to run a server setup that seems very similar to Second Life's, and Frisby believes the team of developers will have completed the process of recreating Second Life within months. Currently, about 300 servers are running OpenSim, with about 20 regions running continually. Together, they make up the DeepGrid network. We reported on Tuesday that Linden Lab had begun the process of separating the technology of the Second Life platform from the Linden-owned grid itself. That decision came after an earlier announcement to open source all of the server technology. Other programmers have been working toward that end for months, but Frisby has won the race. [via Reuters]

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[Adam Frisby]

Heh, I should probably point out since the original article didnt do it too well - OpenSim is a big open source project, I'm just one of many developers. OpenSim's been around for about 6 months now - there's a lot more info up on the website at opensimulator.org What LL's doing with the Open Grid is far more important - OpenSim is about producing a high quality region server, not a grid - The Grid is the domain of Linden Lab and has so many complex issues that it's just not on our agenda.