Howdy Castiron,
You are right, we shouldn't charge for our software, and we dont. But imagine this. What if I couldnt afford to host the site/loginservers anymore. Imagine the problems you would have then. I am not saying to donate every month, I just asked to help pay for expenses. I really did loose $2500 last year to eqemu expenses. All I am asking for is a little help.
If you notice, we are half way to our goal. The server was built, and is running now as eqlogin1.eqemu.net. It has been very very stable.
It looks like I will be moving it to Michigan so we can start the transition over to my hosting company next month. Believe me, this is hard work keeping this going. I dont even have time to play a character on Foreverhacking or Guildwars because of chasing problems down (or upgrading systems, or making money).
Now, if you would like a turnkey solution (ie, I install it for you and everything), I'd be glad to do it for $60/hr with a 2 hour min. fee. But like you said, it isn't even up to classic eq yet (which is where we are aiming for first).
If you dont like this, please go to
EthernalQuest and use their software.