[sldev] Re: [POLICY] OpenSL considered harmful?

[Sean Dague]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 02:01:41PM -0800, John Hurliman wrote:
> Joshy Squashy wrote:
>> OpenSL (http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page) is an open source alpha 
>> Second Life server framework.  It is extremely crippled, with limited 
>> scripting options and a large number of missing features; however, it is 
>> functional.
>
> I'm not sure where you read the acronym OpenSL but that is usually used to 
> refer to the GPL licensed official viewer, the main topic of discussion on 
> this list. opensimulator.org is generally called OpenSim and their IRC 
> channel is #opensim on EFNet. Just clarifying any naming confusion.

Yes, OpenSim is the proper name for the server, not sure where you got
OpenSL either. :)

My suggestion is to follow Zero's office hours, and make up your own
mind here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Zero_Linden/Office_Hours

It's all logged, so everyone is on the record, and OpenSim comes up
often enough.

      -Sean

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