@Jessica Random
SO3D web app looks and behaves exactly the same as the open source versions that had gone before therefor no matter how different SO3D code might be it dose the same job. They claim to have a patent on it and that prevents anyone from using the open source code or developing it. SO3D have stated they will exercise their patent rights which is a threat others must take seriously. What you are trying to say is SO3D has done a good thing when they are clearly threatening the open Metaverse community with the law. All I can see is a commercial enterprise attempting to monopolize the open Metaverse for profit. Perhaps you forget, a lot of the people over here have come from Second Life and have had enough of the over bearing practices of profit hungry fat cats.
If SO3D had ever tried to understand the pioneers of Opensim instead of finding ways to corner them like sheep then they might have had a better chance of working with them. In stead they are just throwing good money after bad because they have no credibility left after all the threats they made. Maria's article was meant to show they had improved their PR. Far as I can see it still sucks.