[game_preservation] Open Sourcing MMO's that have "died"

[Andrew Armstrong]

Well, even though this is off topic discussing this point, I'd say it's 
a damn sight better then nothing, since once an MMO shuts down, the game 
is literally unplayable. :)

The hacking aspect only is my statement that the technical hurdles or 
problems setting up a server from the games assets, if legally acquired 
for an archive or if open sourced, are minimal, evidence enough from the 
hacked ones floating around.

Andrew

Henry Lowood wrote:

> However, I feel about a hacked server pretty much like I do about a 

> cracked game -- what is the /archival /value other than for the hacked 

> version?  Yes, you can convey valuable information about how a game 

> was played, but the evidentiary value is nil, since anything could 

> have been changed.

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