It'd be nice if they'd release the server binaries when they shut the servers down, so fans can run their own.
I don't think anyone expects the original devs to run these old online servers forever, just provide a way for others to do it.
And yes I realize this is sometimes tricky in and of itself, as you'd likely end up with binaries that required some ancient OS version to run correctly. Still better than nothing.
Or just give schema on the communications required, so one can at least build a middle layer without reverse engineering everything and perhaps make a setting to redirect where it communicate, This should protect the company from all the pesky copyright which might be in the binary.
It'd be nice if they'd release the server binaries when they shut the servers down, so fans can run their own.
I don't think anyone expects the original devs to run these old online servers forever, just provide a way for others to do it.
And yes I realize this is sometimes tricky in and of itself, as you'd likely end up with binaries that required some ancient OS version to run correctly. Still better than nothing.
Or just give schema on the communications required, so one can at least build a middle layer without reverse engineering everything and perhaps make a setting to redirect where it communicate, This should protect the company from all the pesky copyright which might be in the binary.