Something to consider about SWGEMU

Scaris

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Originally posted by Rekrul

Originally posted by rikilii
Something just occured to me.  The emu site indicates that players will need to purchase the client, that any version will work, and that the emu will provide a patch.
What is going to be in this patch?  Won't it have to contain content, such as user interface graphics, etc., to "get the client to the right point?"
The single weakpoint of this project.Any client you purchase before NGE contains the same resources as pre-cu. I believe that even the current post-NGE still contain unchanged data (trial doesn't though).But here's the problem. No distribution has ever included pub 12.1 (or whichever they use) swgclient_r.exe. Which is where the important stuff is.This file, unlike other resource files, can no longer be obtained from SOE. The only way to get it, well, is illegaly. The argument that you bought the game is very weak here, and distributing this file can be considered an act of piracy. Now, it would be possible to distribute this file under Fair Use (you bought SWG, but your file got corrupted by SOE patcher, so you obtain the binary identical copy), but nobody can validate that you indeed have purchased the original copy. I'm also not sure if Fair Use covers such a scenario, but it's definitaly more plausible than just putting the file on a torrent.The devil is always in the details, and this is a might important one.Bottom line is, this file needs to be distributed. Nobody, except SOE has legal right to distribute this file. Patcher doesn't really fix the problem here.

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I was wondering how they were going to pull off patching because that gets into some REAL gray area.