Whatever happened to BnetD?
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Quote: At the time, the BNetD people asked Blizzard for their key-checking system, or at least a way to direct BNetD logins to Blizzard's verification servers, but as I understand it Blizzard not only did not cooperate, they never replied to the requests at all.

Can you blame them? If I were Blizzard, I'd never respond to that request either.

The CD-Key check is there to ensure that people aren't playing on B.net with pirated copies. Giving away the algorithms to this CD-key check is akin to giving away the combination to their bank vault. It's a ludicrous idea.

I've never heard that they asked for a way to redirect logins, but I'm not surprised Blizzard didn't accomadate them. Blizzard is a for-profit company, and providing a service to a potential not-for-profit competitor doesn't make a whole lot of business sense.

Don't get me wrong, though, I like the idea of BnetD. In general, I love Open Source projects.

But I can also see this from Blizzard's side. They are obliged to vigorously protect their copyright. They are not obliged to provide services to people trying to "copy" ("clone"? "emulate"? choose your own verb) the copyrighted material, nor should they be.

I can see this from both sides of the fence, and to me the view from Blizzard's side looks a lot clearer.


-DeeBye
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Whatever happened to BnetD? - by ildon - 09-20-2003, 10:34 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Taem - 09-20-2003, 05:07 PM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by WarLocke - 09-21-2003, 01:31 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Quark - 09-21-2003, 03:16 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Jarulf - 09-21-2003, 09:57 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Pren - 09-21-2003, 12:09 PM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Quark - 09-21-2003, 01:48 PM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Obi2Kenobi - 09-21-2003, 03:22 PM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by NiteFox - 09-21-2003, 03:43 PM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Taem - 09-21-2003, 11:54 PM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by ildon - 09-22-2003, 04:15 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Xergon - 09-22-2003, 05:06 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Taem - 09-22-2003, 05:24 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Jarulf - 09-22-2003, 12:31 PM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Occhidiangela - 09-22-2003, 02:58 PM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by aurikan - 09-22-2003, 08:33 PM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Bolty - 09-22-2003, 09:48 PM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by WarLocke - 09-22-2003, 10:20 PM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by aurikan - 09-22-2003, 10:38 PM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by ildon - 09-23-2003, 01:50 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Snorelax - 09-23-2003, 03:08 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by DeeBye - 09-23-2003, 03:21 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by aurikan - 09-23-2003, 04:26 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by DeeBye - 09-23-2003, 05:01 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by aurikan - 09-23-2003, 05:24 AM
Whatever happened to BnetD? - by Jarulf - 09-23-2003, 05:38 AM

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