We would all like that, but we know it's almost impossible; it would imply a considerable cost to the company's revenue. Perhaps a viable option where both company and consumer benefit would be to make the server code available to the developer, and Linden would charge a monthly fee or perhaps a one-time fee to register their server on the grid, making it accessible. With all the expenses Linden is making, such as implementing the Lua language for the game, this private server implementation should be a priority for them, since many players and developers attracted to Second Life would leave soon after discovering how much it costs to own and maintain an island in its current format.

WIll never happen as it will reveal how little AWS server costs actually are - compared to the very high price LL charges us.

Hello, and thank you for your feature request regarding the ability to run your own regions on rented servers. This idea has been brought up before by another resident, and we have found a duplicate post from Second Life's previous bug tracking system (BUG-234481). We are merging your comments with the existing request to help us track it more efficiently. While we don't have an estimate on when or if this feature might be implemented, we appreciate your input and encourage you to keep sharing your ideas to help improve Second Life. Thank you for your continued commitment to our community!