TrapperDave wrote:DI distributes the MOUL ages, the modified KI and various modified files including binaries. All the ABM/ToDni/Pots/MOUL ages are available for free today.
GOG and Steam disagree: the ABM/ToDni/Pots Ages are not available for free. MO:ULa’s Ages are free, but they are not the same (try swapping the data files and see if they work). It is not at all a complex matter.
Alright, Deep Island shares the Offline KI, which includes some files from Uru:CC.
Can you play Uru:CC with only the DI uru.exe? No, you can’t.
Can you play Uru:CC with only the UAM installer? Yes, you can (I still haven’t seen anyone denying it), and this is the problem you don’t (want to) understand.
Does Dustin have a licence to share the whole game for free? Almost certainly no, because Cyan is still selling Uru:CC through GOG and Steam, and allowing the UAM shard to share those files for free would likely mean to give up (among other things) the selling rights for that game.
Cyan wrote:Like any good neighbor we are more than happy to share our stuff with you... as long as you don’t go making money off of it for heaven’s sake!
Someone who is playing on the UAM shard without owning a copy of Uru:CC is playing for free a game that comes with a price tag, which means one less copy of Uru:CC bought from Cyan, i.e. a pirated (=stolen) copy.
If Dustin were to change the UAM server so that it worked like Deep Island, i.e. asking for the data files but not letting people download any/all of them, then we would no longer have a problem with that shard (or at least not on the legal side).
TrapperDave wrote:Now I was very curious as to what is going on here with an old war? So I began researching
My first post in this thread has all the relevant links: this and this, for example (Hoikas and Diafero, sorry for bringing those up once again). If you read about certain accusations, consider who is actually working on improving the client and bringing fan Ages to MO:ULa.
I’m not blaming Dulcamara or anyone else, I’m just pointing out the consequences of people’s choices.
Play on the hassle-free UAM, side with Dustin, “have fun” and possibly alienate Cyan, right when fan Ages on MO:ULa started to become more than just a possibility. I think Cyan will try anything to avoid getting to that point, but promoting UAM does not help.
Alternatively, stick with Deep Island, side with the GoW, wait for Diafero to be more free to look into install issues, and support the people who are actually working for the future of Uru, if you care about it.
There might be some room in the middle, but not much.
Sirius wrote:As the MOUL topic shows, there are just those who are aware that UAM is illegal, and those who aren't. But if you warn them they understand that they should avoid it.
Will they? Or will they just not care as long as it’s convenient?