[Opensim-dev] Worlds.com CEO: We're 'Absolutely' Going To Sue Second Life

[Sean Hennessee]

Worlds.com CEO: We're 'Absolutely' Going To Sue Second Life

http://www.businessinsider.com/worldscom-ceo-were-absolutely-going-to-sue-second-life-and-world-of-warcraft-2009-3

"Worlds.com CEO Thom Kidrin is putting the entire virtual worlds 
industry on notice: His company claims the idea of a scalable virtual 
world with thousands of users is its patented intellectual property, and 
Thom told us he intends to sue anyone who refuses to enter into 
licensing negotiations -- including giants such as Second Life and World 
of Warcraft, a property of Activision Blizzard (ATVI)."

I wonder if/how this will affect OpenSim. I assume we couldn't afford to 
defend a lawsuit. Would we just stop development if sued? Are we likely 
to be sued?

~Sean

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Sean Hennessee
Central Computing Support
Network & Academic Computing Services
UC Irvine


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