Thats right, once you start to identically copy their items and NPCS, you get into the fuzzy area of Intellectual Property (it would not be hard to prove that the Vellium Crafted War Spear you have in your database was in fact created/designed by Verant/SOE)
Creating an item database is a great idea, and I think the team idea is excellent, but I think to keep the dev team free of any issues, it should be done seperately, without the consesus of the dev team. Sure it would be nice if a full Verant item/spawn database could be shipped with the emulator, but its very dangerous from a legal perspective.
The best bet would be for the *Life* team to request a link be put up on the eqemu page that linked to the database location outside of the emu project. There could even be a database repository for different databases, allowing you to load your world based on your fantasy flavor (wouldnt it be neat to see gameworlds based on DragonLance or Forgotten Realms)
Of course, once again you get into IP concerns, but alot of companys would probably be excited to see their stuff in an online game world (especially with TSR's new online philosophy)
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