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Virtual Universe 0.55 (Unaverse Server)
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Section: Unix
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| Added: Sun, Mar 16th 2003 23:04 UTC (5 years, 5 months ago) |
Updated: Wed, Aug 27th 2008 11:09 UTC (2 days ago) |
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About:
The "Virtual Universe" is a realistic,
three-dimensional cyberspace and virtual reality
simulation. People can meet, interact with each
other, build houses and whole worlds, simulate
workflows, test designs, and much more. Due to its
extensive programming interface, this virtual
reality environment can be used for scientific and
engineering tasks such as simulation and
visualization applications. It also includes a
terrain generator for virtual landscapes and the
Java XTools, an extensive package that contains
several enhancements and improvements for Java3D
and Swing.
Release focus: Major feature enhancements
Changes:
Several sections of copyrighted code were replaced
by free implementations, and the software
licensing functionality was removed. The full
Universe sources are now licensed under the GPL v2
for non-commercial applications, and the licensing
regulations have been clarified.
Author:
Oxygenic [contact developer]
Homepage:
http://www.3dchat.org/servers.php#unaverse
Demo site:
http://www.3dchat.org/
Trove categories:
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| [Development Status] | | 5 - Production/Stable | | [Environment] | | X11 Applications | | [License] | | Free for non-commercial use, Freeware, OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL), OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 | | [Operating System] | | Microsoft :: Windows, Other OS, POSIX, POSIX :: BSD, Unix | | [Programming Language] | | C, Java | | [Topic] | | Communications :: Chat, Games/Entertainment, Multimedia :: Graphics |
Dependencies:
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No dependencies filed
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» Rating:
8.21/10.00
(Rank N/A)
» Vitality: 12.56% (Rank 16)
» Popularity: 5.97% (Rank 531)
 
(click to enlarge graphs)
Record hits: 92,281
URL hits: 44,151
Subscribers: 98
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Branches
Releases
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Version
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Focus
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Date
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0.55
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Major feature enhancements |
23-Jul-2008 13:18 |
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0.54
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Minor bugfixes |
11-Jun-2007 12:37 |
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0.52
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N/A |
29-May-2006 11:09 |
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0.50
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Minor bugfixes |
02-Oct-2005 08:01 |
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0.49
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N/A |
11-Apr-2005 20:55 |
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0.48
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Major bugfixes |
08-Jan-2005 08:45 |
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0.47
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N/A |
23-Oct-2004 13:14 |
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0.45
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Major feature enhancements |
11-Jun-2004 18:13 |
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0.43
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Major bugfixes |
10-Apr-2004 10:37 |
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0.42
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N/A |
04-Apr-2004 10:54 |
Comments
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License
by shockzor - Apr 27th 2005 13:17:56
Too bad the license sucks.
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Re: License
by Oxygenic - Apr 27th 2005 13:27:38
> Too bad the license sucks.
GPL and Freeware sucks? Funny...
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Re: License
by Drakia - Dec 6th 2005 17:31:50
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> % Too bad the license sucks.
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> GPL and Freeware sucks? Funny...
Actually, it's not really GPL/Freeware, the client may be free, but the
server (besides the world server) costs quite a bit of money to use... http://www.3dchat.org/servers.php
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Re: License
by Oxygenic - Dec 6th 2005 23:02:20
Thats also not the complete truth: the worldservers are available for free
and the universe of 3dchat.org can be used without ANY costs.
Looks like FUD of some competitors...
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Re: License
by texaskilt - Dec 9th 2005 08:44:08
From their website:
Virtual World server - Controls building in a Virtual World and requires a
Universe server to run. Available for free
Unaverse server - Runs completely stand-alone and acts as one single
Virtual World, this server type is not able to control sub-servers. order
now!
Universe server Controls several sub-servers, runs completely stand-alone
and acts as a Virtual World server for the "Center of the Universe" area
order now!
So the Virtual World server is free, but you have to buy a Universe server
in order to run it.
> Thats also not the complete truth: the
> worldservers are available for free and
> the universe of 3dchat.org can be used
> without ANY costs.
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> Looks like FUD of some competitors...
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Re: License
by Oxygenic - Dec 11th 2005 22:25:58
> So the Virtual World server is free, but
> you have to buy a Universe server in
> order to run it.
As I said, pure FUD! To repeat it AGAIN: The Universe server of 3dchat.org
can be used for free also with own worldservers, you don't have to buy
anything - so whats your problem here?
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Re: License
by Sputnik74 - Apr 27th 2007 13:17:49
I think he was concerned about the actual license, to whit (from the
website):
15.Notice of Automatic Downloads. You acknowledge that, by your use of
the Software and/or by requesting services that require use of the
Software, the Software may automatically download, install, and
execute software applications from sources other than Virtual
Worlds ("Other Software"). Virtual Worlds makes no representations
of a relationship of any kind to licensors of Other Software.
The idea of allowing some "other" software to download to your machine is
pretty darn scary, you gotta admit.
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Re: License
by Oxygenic - Apr 28th 2007 08:15:45
> The idea of allowing some "other"
> software to download to your machine is
> pretty darn scary, you gotta admit.
The software contains an automated update functionality and thats what you
agree to with this part of the license conditions. You agree to something
very similar when you install e.g. the Java runtime - here that part of the
license is necessary for Java Web Start and the update functionality.
So not only the Virtual Universe software is "evil", Java seems to be too
(in your opinion).
But if you can tell us how else we should describe what is necessary for
the update functionality: suggestions are always welcome!
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