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

[Teravus Ovares]

Once again, I refer you to what Adam said about this in December,

https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/opensim-dev/2008-December/004017.html

Best Regards

Teravus

On 3/12/09, Sean Hennessee <sean at uci.edu> wrote:
> 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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