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General question about l2j server legality?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:10 pm
by venam
I know that the coding of l2j server is legal, since i have searched the whole forum and google about it.
but hosting an l2j server and accepting donations and helping users to play lineage 2 on a private server by modifying the hosts file in windows, is it legal? I am asking this question because i dont want to start a server than in the end will be shut down and i am going to be sued like l2extreme. I found that was closed by fbi. or something is different? can someone explain me please what i CAN do with l2jserver that is legal and what i CANNOT do?
Re: General question about l2j server legality?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:57 pm
by Probe
you cannot modify client, changing hosts file (which is the player's own property) is allowed
Re: General question about l2j server legality?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:03 am
by venam
If i create an l2jServer and have a membership subscription for users to pay, will i be legal? Does the hosts edit works?
Re: General question about l2j server legality?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:23 am
by SolidSnake
Donations:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21044
Hosts:
SolidSnake wrote:Now edit the hosts file that your friends need to log on your server
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127.0.0.1 localhostyour external IP L2authd.lineage2.com
Instead this is for you (if the server is on your pc)
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127.0.0.1 localhost127.0.0.1 L2authd.lineage2.com
If you will set good ipconfig.xml and open the ports, yes hosts file will work
Re: General question about l2j server legality?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:45 am
by Probe
well there is the matter of gameguard
which is illegal to disable
Re: General question about l2j server legality?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:37 pm
by jurchiks
I have always had it disabled, got some e-mails from NCZ0ft a couple times, so I explained to them that I can't launch any programs after l2 is opened if gameguard is running (which is because of comodo firewall, but I ain't turning it off), so I disable it. They were cool with it.
So disabling gameguard isn't a deadly sin. Besides you can always tell your players to "go find a gameguard crack" and you won't be responsible if they disable it because you don't link or host any illegal files.