Second Life 'Viewer Software' goes open source

Yashpal SharmaJan 9 2007

Linden Lab's highly 3D creative work Second life is no more a closed proprietary system as the developer has announced the launch of the code of its Viewer application to the open source software development community. The latest liberation on the part of Linden Lab is the venture to promote the outside developers that will offer a chance to the developers to access the source code to the Second Life end-user software, after which he developer will be able to make modifications, enhancements and to add new features to the virtual world.

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The remarkable mark scripted by Linden Lab, is a dedicated work to build the Second Life network more an open, extensible platform for development, instead of a closed proprietary system. As the entire 3D virtual world is an online world to which the users access through Freely-download and start his quest with 10 Linden dollars. The SL resident can buy or sell the content, create own content, navigate the virtual environment or get connected to the big community on the virtual earth.

However, the platform is already an excellent initiative to convert your imaginative thoughts into creativities work online, but now with launch of Second Life Software, the developers will be able to customize or modify the 3D virtual world where the developers will find more chances to craft new programs.

Via: topix.net

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