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!
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.
That would imply they actually know where the server is being run and by who without taking legal action.
No it doesn’t. This doesn’t change that.