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!

  • conciselyverbose
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    41 year ago

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

    This doesn’t enhance that case at all.

    • @cryptiod137
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      -11 year ago

      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.

      • conciselyverbose
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        11 year ago

        But licensing this has literally zero impact on their ability to take action against that random server.

        They have the exact same options available to them.

        • @cryptiod137
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          -31 year ago

          That would imply they actually know where the server is being run and by who without taking legal action.