orignboy

You know the sort of thing you get with say debian, cakephp, etc I have even seen some of the mangos db project to things this way too! Where a stable can be used by the masses and the devs can play with the all the broken stuff.

You lot are so touchy. And be your own admissions, is everything contained in the mangos project 100% clear and legal NO. You guys don't want help building a web based admin core for managing a (now lets get this right) private server (which may contain 1000's of players but that's still private) then it is a loss for the project as a whole. And if you guys think that this software is not illegally used then you are very confused. I know of many servers operating people pay and its not blizzard, I have seen the lists of servers publicly saving come and play. So don't kid yourselves, as I know for a fact code contributors to this project run some of them As for quote X Vs Y. Bob Vs Joe, anyone can fine a story to fit there view I remember this one, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/23/secfocus_lynn/ (this site does work) or if you actually read something like http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/DownloadableAssets/AMD_-_Intel_Litigation_History.pdf you will find wins on both sides oh and was there not that one about reverse engineering the oyster card and if I really cared that much, I could spend hours(like you did) looking for all the cases that were dropped and the guy was hired by the company that was trying to get them. I just find it strange that people would rather, start a flame war. Than talk about what would be very useful user friendly control system for the software. Anyway i'll stick to answering the PM'S from forum users that says you guys don't give a crap, and are no help. Anyone wants help building stuff in php, compiling on multiple linux distributions, or needs a hand getting to grips with the ever changing database tables (thats not a complement on the project) just give me a shout always happy to help. oh and I like the "I don't really know what I'm talking about but I asked this guy in the pub that's a law student" disclaimer .. nice

ok dave you win. I have read and I do have an interest in the development of software such as this. But if its just to learn, think I would rather pay to play, like most people, and be part of a larger comunity. oh and am such bizzard has a few things to say about how legal reverse engineering there software is in the first place and using ad.exe to extract maps from there software too. So what was just a questions about, a better/different way to do things. Is now just about a mod sitting on his high horse. I hope you feel good about that. Dave

hummm, I see this project is very confused, about what it is. Question is a private server with 100+ people on it not public ? Is a list of private servers not a public list ? You don't fool anyone. Anyway, I shall keep any php scripts that I develop for my private server to myself if that is the feeling in the community. I'm sure that my education will be enriched in the process. and inside my LAN on my private server will all have an easy life, playing the game more.

It was just a general observation on a *sticky* you have at the top of this forum, which would imply that it is at least had something to do with the project. But on the subject, if the project is seeking adoption by a large user base would it not make sence to be looking at ways to easily manage, users account, server settings, registration etc of what is after all a very complex bit of software. Having somthing like this as part of the project, may even save a lot of the silly post I am seeing on these forums. Not everyone is a programer, or wants to be playing with command lines.

For people to apply to play on your server, unless you are going to give people permission to make accounts. Only a thought, registration/account creation for admins, web based would easily let many people look after a server without, playing on command lines or digging around in db's

Just been looking around, and I know that people program in what they know and what interests them. But would it not be more practical to run something like Mangos GUI as a web based app? This would give easier access to administration of a server by many people and also could be combined with a registration page for adding accounts to the servers.