Second Life and Linden Lab Licensing Programs

Enterprises can license virtual world viewer source code and Linden Lab trademarks for use for both inworld and real world marketing efforts as described below.

Second Life Viewer Licensing

The Second Life Viewer is available under the GNU General Public License, version 2.0, with a FLOSS exception. The artwork is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. If the terms of the GPL do not suit a project, a Commercial License may be applied for. Click here to learn more.

Second Life Brand Licensing

Our trademarks include our word marks and brand names like Second Life®, Second Life Grid™, SL™, SLurl™, Linden™, LindeX™, and Linden Lab®. They also include our distinctive logos like the Second Life Eye-in-Hand logo, the Second Life Grid logo, the inSL Cube logo, and the Linden Lab Hexagon logo.

If you'd like to use a Linden Lab trademark, then you will need Linden Lab's permission. Please visit the Brand Center to learn more about our marks and the inSL community logo program.