Adam Zaius announces the opening of Open Life, an alternative Second Life grid developed with Finnish developer RealXtend. Has developed a custom viewer with additional features (like real 3D meshes instead of prims, python scripting, textures-via-HTTP, multiple attachment points per body part, and more) that are unsupported in Second Life currently from what I’ve heard from the news.
For more info check below:
http://openlifegrid.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
http://openlifegrid.com/Blogs/tabid/61/EntryID/3/Default.aspx