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internetnews.com: Second Life’s Open Source Fairy Tale

Written By
SMK
Sean Michael Kerner
Feb 2, 2007

[ Thanks to tk421 for this link.
]

“Developers have no guarantees when they open source an
application. In many cases, they don’t know who will use it, nor do
they know how things will progress.

“The fairy tale version is that developers will flock to the
recently open sourced application and begin to work with it,
immediately adding value for all involved. For Linden Lab’s Second
Life, the open source fairy tale is coming true…”

Complete
Story

SMK

Sean Michael Kerner

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