Quoting: eggrole

Quoting: LachuMaybe devs will release server software, when shutting down own?

That would be great, but I think the ask can be even less. Literally all they need to do is not get in the way of people reverse engineering and building their own servers.

That's not nearly enough. Not even close. There are a lot more server-dependent games around than people having enough time at their hand to pick their server software apart.

The mandate should be for them to release the tools and related documentation required for players to keep the game in a runnable state, without forcing the devs to provide any further updates after that. If the server uses middleware that cannot be released for legal reasons, and/or uses cloud servers, I'd let them pick if they want to patch the servers to make them runnable, or release source code, so the community can do it.

But hey, that's just what should be done. I have ZERO faith in any lawmakers on the planet to introduce "business unfriendly" legislation, unless people start dying left and left. And that won't be the case here, so...