Linden Lab to open source code of ‘Second Life’

Linden Lab is the company behind the establishment of the virtual world on the web Second Life. The company has now said that they are going to open source the code behind this project for others to contribute and make their own applications.

Philip Rosedale, Linden Lab’s co-founder and chief executive officer said that this step would help them to further boost the development of the project and fix bugs.

They also want to optimize the code for use on low spec computers. He said: “There are lots of handicapped people using ‘Second Life,’ It’s one of the really inspiring things about it. There are a lot of ways of connecting people to their computers, not just mice and keyboards but gaze detection and neuromuscular stuff”.

They would make the code available under the GNU Public License and the company would review and test some add-ons, modifications and bug fixes, and incorporate them into the official version of the viewer.

The company does not believe that open sourcing the code would harm their operations considering they make bulk of their revenues by charging residents for their use of land in the Second Life.