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Guys, I can't go on IRC since I'm glined on GamingSync's IRC.
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Join Today!I guess that's why all those RO private server owners whose servers run on AEGIS are in jail now. Oh wait...
Proof?
Proof of what? AEGIS is the software used by Gravity to run the official servers. Somehow it got leaked and people used it to run their own private servers (I think there's still a handful of servers using AEGIS rather than eAthena or other server emulators).
I've mentioned RO and AEGIS, because I think the whole situation was similar to the one we're facing with SCO/AR/AO now. I haven't done any in-depth research on that issue, but as far as I know, nobody got into any actual trouble over it. Was it legal to use the leaked software? No. Did anyone go to jail or pay a quadrillion dollar fine because of it? No. At least as far as I know.
I only know of two cases where people involved in running private servers ended up in jail - both happened in China:
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