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My problem with excluding Medievia based on this is that they are alleged to have violated the license, but it's never been proven in any sort of legal setting. One can allege whatever one wants about any MUD one wants. I consider it simply a matter of prudence and fairness to reserve judgement until/unless the issue is resolved in the only arena that matters in a legal debate: the courts.
There's no question that meth lab owners are violating the law. One cannot legally produce meth. There is a big question about whether Medievia is violating the law, and no amount of arguing or submitted 'proof' on some internet forums is going to replace the reasoned, measured (by comparison anyway) judgement of a court.
I can tell you that if Medievia showed up at game developer conferences, nobody there would blink an eye. They'd be as welcome as Microsoft is, regardless of the fact that Microsoft has been proven in a court of law to have violated the law, as has just about every big company. Were someone to point out to the other professional developers at a games conference that there is contention over Medievia's license status, the essentially universal response would be that it's hardly that big of a deal. License fights go on all the time, and the place where they get resolved is the court room, not some discussion forums.
In short, keeping Medievia off the list is pandering to the torch and pitchfork crowd rather than doing the right thing vis a vis the stated purpose of this thread.
--matt
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