The Free Software movement is concerned with the availability and accessibility of technology to anyone who might desire to work with it and modify it or use it to his or her own needs, even if they go beyond the intended uses of the technology. They recognize the pervasive nature of technology, how it has become an intrinsic part of many people’s lives, and see the attempted regulation of the internet and other computer technologies as an attack on our basic human liberties and equate the freedom of software to the freedom of speech.
Second Life can be seen as a sort of theoretical arena where those with heavy concerns about the connection and relationship between life and free software can try to imagine and experiment with their ideas. However, it might be less of a place where software integrates with life as much as a place where life integrates and interacts with software. The distinction being that, while whatever is coded in Second Life does not have immediate effects with real life, we can explore social possibilities and implications of new technologies in Second Life.
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