pofear bros

[solid]

Originally Posted by Lazortag [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you made p99 open source, someone could just start a rival classic server because of some petty grievance they have with a GM. This is literally the worst possible idea anyone could ever have.

The notion that anyone with p99 code could just start a rival server is silly; of course, I'm not taking what the word 'rival' entails lightly. You're giving no credit to the community or the leadership of the server. Furthermore, you're missing the point of open source.

[Lazortag]

I could honestly just repeat what I've already said and that would be an effective rebuttal to the two posts above me.

What if someone gets suspended for a petty offense and they leave the server? What if someone gets banned by accident or unjustly, and then they go to the "rival" server that someone sets up instead of trying to go through the petition system here? It's not just griefers and dickheads who you'd lose. What about people who are completely new to eqemu and have no idea which server came first?

If anything p99 needs more population, not less, and starting up a second server at this point would be very destructive.

[JayDee]

yeah seriously, why don't the devs want to give away the code they worked on so diligently and share profits with potential competitors who have no barriers of entry.

[Lazortag]

Originally Posted by solid [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

... Furthermore, you're missing the point of open source.

Originally Posted by solid [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

... And I still don't think you adequately understand the pros/cons of open source.

Originally Posted by solid [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah, you clearly just don't see the efficiency gains from open source.

Saying it often enough won't make it true.

Solid either you're trolling me or you're being very obtuse. You haven't actually responded to anything I said, you just repeated the same thing for three posts.

[solid]

Rly just don't feel like explaining open source to you, was hoping maybe you'd do some autodidacting.

I guess just think of Encyclopedia Britannica vs. Wikipedia and you tell me which model worked out better for everyone. Isolationist or open source.