Second Life is still responsible for most of Linden Lab's revenue, but with Philip gone, no

Linden board member has direct, day-to-day experience with SL as a product, or personal memory of its development, and the growth of its hardcore userbase (which still makes up the bulk of its total users). For that matter, neither does Linden Lab's current management, most of whom come the traditional game industry (Sony, Electronic Arts, Eidos, etc). This is not necessarily a bad thing, and I've argued before that Second Life should be more explicitly developed and promoted as a game (at least for new users). It also suggests a very different direction for the company that Philip started. And veterans of the traditional game industry tend to take a very aggressive view on intellectual property, which may at least partially explain the draconian new Terms of Service .

And speaking of which -- yes, I also asked Philip if he had an opinion about the ToS that he wanted to share, but for whatever reason (which may include being too busy to reply), I received no answer there.

Source: http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2013/10/philip-rosedale-leaves-linden-lab.html