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Zeblote:
--- Quote from: Kalphiter² on May 29, 2013, 01:34:11 PM ---Ephialtes has since stopped most development of the free part of RTB. It's really disappointing to see his priorities in exclusiveness.
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I'm pretty sure many people would want to continue developing RTB if ephi would let them
Twenky:
--- Quote from: Kalphiter² on May 29, 2013, 02:02:16 PM ---You're acting like RTB is the only host. Hint: there are two other ones that are very active.
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RTB simply is the best hosting service because of these features and their exclusiveness
Kalphiter²:
--- Quote from: Rub on May 29, 2013, 02:07:43 PM ---The people outside the RTB hosting bubble can do it however they want, we're just suggesting a feature that benefits our customers (who happen to be a lot of people, check your data).
People can build off our idea and do it however they want, up to them.
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I'm talking about more than just this feature. Ephialtes only cares about his customers. Actually, that's not true. Ephialtes rarely responds to support tickets.
Since the launch of the hosting service, free RTB has pretty much frozen.
--- Quote from: Zeblote on May 29, 2013, 02:07:54 PM ---I'm pretty sure many people would want to continue developing RTB if ephi would let them
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Ephialtes specifically forbids any further development of RTB unless he says so:
--- Quote from: license.txt ---This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California 94105, USA.
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No one can fork it meaning that is has to be started from scratch. Considering he's been so denying of the fact that he's not developing RTB that much anymore, RTB isn't getting handed to anyone anytime soon.
Also, the seriousness of this license should probably be taken as seriously as Ephialtes treated my add-on take-down requests.
--- Quote from: Twenky on May 29, 2013, 02:09:56 PM ---RTB simply is the best hosting service because of these features and their exclusiveness
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I'm glad you support exclusiveness instead of features the community can benefit from.
Ephialtes:
--- Quote from: Zeblote on May 29, 2013, 02:07:54 PM ---I'm pretty sure many people would want to continue developing RTB if ephi would let them
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Lol, I would advise against trusting Kalphiter as the authority on RTB's active development status. He's still a bit sore over ... you know what ...
Kalphiter²:
--- Quote from: Ephialtes on May 29, 2013, 02:14:46 PM ---Lol, I would advise against trusting Kalphiter as the authority on RTB's active development status. He's still a bit sore over ... you know what ...
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Okay then. I'll let your publications do the talking.
--- Quote from: April 2013, http://returntoblockland.com/changelog.php?id=44 ---- Fixed case where certain server variables weren't getting saved correctly.
- Changes to fix the Net::getAddress() return format changed in Blockland r1808.
- Adding num and float variable types for RTB prefs, submitted by Wheatley (11953).
- Fixing LAN IP detection to include the 168 portion of the reserved 192.168 space.
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(btw you should add the 172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255 address space, but you ignored my request)
--- Quote from: August 2012, http://returntoblockland.com/changelog.php?id=43 ---- RTB version text now on main menu buttons gui so it gets hidden correctly
- Server control now uses correct prefs for name/welcome message/others
- Increased player count selection to 99
- Server control now updates the F2 window
- New color manager added - Removed old color manager gui
- Patched admin messages on rtb chat
- RTB pref hook reloaded on server restart due to oddities
- Added requested compatibility changes for connection request/connect args methods
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It's been 9 months since a major update. We're only asking for some active development from you, a person you ask, or from a person to whom you give the mod. A little honesty would be nice.