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Originally Posted by Lazortag
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What "efficiency gains"? People can still submit code fixes to the devs by editing the relevant section of the PEQ code, they just can't copy the p99 code and make their own p99 clone. The harms of that outweigh any argument you can come up with in favour of making p99 open source.
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So just to be clear; What you're saying is if the source code was Open Source the competition between possible new servers and P99 is very bad for the players? I mean I understand why the staff of P99 wouldn't be willing to share their code, they have put a lot of work into it and want to reap the benefits.
However from a customers/users point of view I can't think of a single example where Monopoly is beneficial in the long run. If you have rivals competing for customers they will need to keep them interested with improvements, developments and continous support. If the customers expectations aren't met they will consider their options (Which in this case simply don't exist).
Ps. Regarding making changes based of PEQ-code, it's like trying to make repairs based off schematics of an old house which have went through several cycles of significant renovation. They simply are not relevant anymore.