The private servers have been up a while. But it is always hard for fan projects to gain traction for devs, players, or donations, when the IP could be yanked at any time. NCSoft granting a license should provide one heck of a shot in the arm for this cult classic game.

Go. Hunt. KILL Skul!

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    10 months ago

    Eh, if the code was leaked it was going to be used, so now they can say that anyone using the code needs to make an agreement to do so, which they can probably pull at any time.

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      10 months ago

      Still probably better than slapping them with a lawsuit.

      Not to say I wouldn’t prefer they just put the leaked source code under the GPL or something. But it’s better than just being assholes because they can.

      It is possible NCSoft is getting something out of this, though. More control over how third-party servers do things or some such.

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        They gain some protection for the brand and retain the trademarks associated with it by licensing instead of ignoring, and get this for free vs the ongoing expense in private server whackamole.

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      They could already trivially shut down anyone using stolen code to host servers.

      This doesn’t enhance that case at all.

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        The most interested and able people to run the code would be cut off, and are likely now known by name to the companies legal staff.

        It’s a random server hosted somewhere in the Midwest vs John and Jacob Smith in Michigan.