Lalinda Lovell, the person behind the Wonderland site that was the focus of the Sky News virtual child sex scandal is apparently promoting a new grid, called litesim. The server software apparently is under development and due to be released under GPL Free Software licenses at some future date, so it isn't exactly clear if the code is based on Open Simulator or some other backend.
The system sports three tiers of users: Free, Basic and Premium, the latter two both having a monthly fee and cashout options. Lovell's advertising for this grid emphasizes "Freedom and privacy guaranteed" however the litesim terms of service specifically state that a number of things (like child pornography, and anything that violates either US or UK laws - that would include simulations of underage sexuality) are not permitted.
Granted, some operators say one thing in their terms of service, while permitting or encouraging something far different. It remains to be seen which this is, but we expect that it will be getting quite a bit of undercover scrutiny from (eg) Sky News and from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre.
We don't know if Lovell is just promoting this new grid, or if she is actually the avatar of litesim CEO Gareth Nelson. As far as the future of litesim goes, it may not really matter which.
