I'm not asking you to leave the project (although I certainly can't and won't stop you if that's what you've decided). I just think it's wrong to provide files like that - files you have no legal right to provide - on a public forum.

While I appreciate your honesty, I, like - I hope - many other EQEMu'ers, am simply scared what hosting those files could do to to this community.

While it is likely that they would respond with a Cease and Desist order, they could jump straight to legal action. And something like that (especially if image is going to leave) would decimate the EQEMu community and kill the project.

And I definately don't want that. EQEMu has breathed new life into the EQ experience for me, just as it has for virtually everybody here. I love EQEMu and I love the community that has grown around the incredible amount of time and effort that you devs have put into it.

I just don't want to see all this that you've built come crashing down.

My god you people are ridicules. You whine if they don't, you whine if they do. What the hell. If you don't like what the devs do they go off and make your own damn programs. Don't come around here and F()@K it up for the rest of us. Ignore the ignorace of the few others that posted on this thread. They are obviously just trying to insite anger in the people that do all the work.

Oh and by the way I can't create any more char on your Guildwars server. I have 2 that me and my son play but the other 2 sons are getting pissed that they are getting left out. I thought it was ok to have 3 char playing but I can't even create another char. I even delted a third char because my kids did not set stats the correct way but I can't create anything. If it is something that I am doing wrong let me know!!! Otherwise I just keep playing with 2. Thanks and screw the other guys!!!

No offense other guys! Right??

There's no point making a big thread out of this.

Many people think image was wrong ; it's no big deal, but there's no reason to silence it. If GW Server Op is to provide warez to GW users, let it be on GW site.

i don't like SOE, i don't like warez ; community was build around some smart rules (no warez, no spam, no flaming, threat or vengeance, ...). EQEMu users adhere to it. Rules don't make a community, but spoiling them spoils the community. Change rules, np, but let this be clear.

Image as a dev has done great work, recent net code is one of many examples, no doubt. Mikenune spoke for me on this post's matter, however.

omg whine more plz :shock:

It's all fun and games until you end up in a federal prison for distributing stolen goods across state lines, receiving stolen goods, and setting up a server to distribute those stolen goods.

The following is an excerpt from the Intellectual Property Sentencing Guidelines page of CyberCrime.gov.

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I dont think image is wrong, you to me, he is one of the eqemu devs, he do what he want, its his project afterall.
I just say its fun :)

Apologizes to anyone that post seemed to speak in the name of, without knowing. This was just personnal opinion, so called 'whinning', or 'sharing', depending on point of view.

As for the project, ... it does not belong to anyone, does it ? It's copyrighted, and GPL'ed.

The BB server does belong to the one(s) who pay for it. They decide in the end. They already decided, as far as it seems. :)