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Metaversed Launches Clever Zebra
This is very interesting - the open-source GPL trend is bound to have an impact on the professional SL development ecology. Expect more and more open source, GPL, customizable professionally designed building elements for Second Life (and, I am sure, OpenSim). This will not hurt professional developers - on the contrary it will permit them offering quality entry-level SL building services at lower prices. See Nick Wilson’s own explanation of the concept here. I see this as one more important step towards a professional metaverse industry.
Virtual Worlds News: The folks from Metaversed, namely Nick Wilson and Caleb Booker, have been talking for a while about transitioning away from news coverage towards providing services. Now they’ve done it with the launch of Clever Zebra, a solutions provider for free, customizable Second Life builds. Currently the only offering is for Zebra Corporate, which offers an auditorium of various sizes, several offices, an orientation spot, show floor, amphitheater and more. Basically, it gives users an open-source-licensed set of building blocks for the basics of a Second Life corporate build. “Anyone can pick up a copy of Zebra Corporate for free, and they will have permissions to copy, modify and transfer under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3,” says the company. “We’ll be focusing on value-added services, and we’ll be empowering virtual world engineers and designers to create.”
Posted by G.P. on 01/04/08
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