Wait isn't EQEmu GNU GPL? P99?

[Shendare]

I am afraid your certainty is not well founded in that last point. The p99 developers built their database, pulling from verifiable sources of classic spawn, quest, and drop information. They do not share the one that we use.

[Uleat]

Originally Posted by MarcusD

So what that means is someone could make their own private server and play at home and modify the code without releasing their code but as soon as you post your server on EQEmu you have to release your modified source code.

You're missing the exclusion clause:

But if you release the modified version to the public in some way, the GPL requires you to make the modified source code available to the program's users, under the GPL.

They are NOT releasing P99 binaries to the public, so they are not obligated by the GNU GPL to release their source code.

They are only providing a public service up to the point of their connection to the internet. Behind that, all is private - including their binaries.

[Kingly_Krab]

Project 1999 is an independently operated server, with Rogean on the team they can do whatever they want. Literally, he hosts the login server, no one can take him off of it either, like do you think before you make a post, honestly? Rogean is part of the Administration here, along with KLS, Cavedude, and Akkadius. If anyone has the right to do what they want, it's those guys. Also the fact of the matter is, they don't have to freely distribute something they created, their database schema is likely miles different from ours, nor is it even handled under the GPL, so that's a pointless thing to poke and prod at. Project 1999's source code is something they don't want released, they have custom code for supporting their classic experience, such as enabling old models and stuff, as well as limiting some stuff client-side. None of this has to be released unless they want it to be. And do you realize how awful it'd be to have 3,000 Project 1999 copies?

[Shendare]

So, in effect, they have adhered to the GPL by releasing the source code to every derived binary they have distributed, which add up to a total of zero? Fascinating.

[Tyen05]

[daerath]

This thread is awesome.

[chrsschb]

In on hourly MarcusD thread.