Operator and Creator Applications are currently open as of March 24, 2020. Second Life is an application that allows people to create an avatar for themselves and have a second life in an online virtual world, or metaverse. Dear Linden Lab, is this what you call ethics On May 14 2007, I was unwillingly thrust into a series of events that started off with a Linden Lab employee (Meta Linden) accusing me of having violated the Second Life TOS by posting private chat conversations on a 3rd party site. You retain any and all Intellectual Property Rights you already hold under applicable law in Content you upload, publish, and submit to or through the Servers, Websites, and other areas of the Service, subject to the rights, licenses, and other terms of this Agreement, including any underlying rights of other users or Linden Lab. Founded in 1999, the company first launched Second Life, the groundbreaking virtual world enjoyed by millions around the globe, in 2003, which has since gone on to boast nearly two billion user creations and a. 2.3 You grant Linden Lab certain licenses to your User Content. This page also describes the requirements any Second Life user must satisfy in order to access a Skill Gaming Region. dba Linden Lab develops platforms that empower people to create, share, and benefit from virtual experiences. This page provides the list of approved skill gaming creators and their approved games, as well as the list of approved operators, their approved games, and the regions on which they are permitted to operate their approved games. Additionally, access to skill games offering Linden Dollar payouts will be limited to Second Life users who are of sufficient age and are located in a jurisdiction that Linden Lab permits for this type of online gaming activity.įor more information on this program, please read the Skill Gaming Policy and associated FAQs. However, games of skill are legally permitted in many jurisdictions, and Second Life’s Skill Gaming Policy establishes that skill games offering Linden Dollar payouts will be allowed, but each game, its creator, its operator, and the region on which it is operated must be approved by Linden Lab. Second Life Wiki > Official Policies > Second Life Skill Gaming Approved Participants Official Linden Lab Information : You may access and link to this page, but you may not copy, distribute, modify, adapt, or translate any content on this page. The companys head office is in San Francisco, with additional offices in Boston, Seattle, Virginia and Davis, California.Its offices in Mountain View, Brighton, Singapore and Amsterdam were closed in 2010. Gambling is strictly prohibited in Second Life and operating, or participating in, a game of chance that provides a Linden Dollar payout is a violation of our Terms of Service. Linden Research, Inc., doing business as Linden Lab, is an American technology company that is best known as the creator of Second Life.