Why did DikuMud drop the charges when SOE made the sworn statement? How would you like to go up against Sony in court? A little volunteer nonprofit footing private investigation bills and litigation bills when sony could easily out lawyer you? There was no hope. They knew there was no way forward to pursue it. Even if they took leaked eq source code sony could just claim it wasn't the real source code.
A smart man once said: "The secret to creativity is learning how to hide your sources".
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