[bf1942] Ban email

[Lee Latham]

It'll take two weeks to show up on Slashdot, if ever.

They'll get the scoop from cnn.com.

At 02:20 PM 6/15/2005, you wrote:
>Don't think so.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brigham Stevens [mailto:brs at vikingmind.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 2:16 PM
>To: bf1942 at icculus.org
>Subject: Re: [bf1942] Ban email
>
>
>I didn't see it on slashdot... but maybe I am bad at finding things on
>slashdot? did it get posted? link?
>
>Neal Clayton wrote:
>
> > actually what really went through was better proof read, I added
> > "plain text" before "python server config files" as well, but it's
> > late and i forgot to copy/paste before submitting, bleh.
> >
> > all this reading of forums and mailing lists at work makes life hard i
> > tell ya, i need a vacation.
> >
> > Joe wrote:
> >
> >> Swapped uncommented/commented but close enough. ;)
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Neal Clayton [mailto:xayd at vae-victus.org]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:34 PM
> >> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> >> Subject: Re: [bf1942] Ban email
> >>
> >>
> >> just submitted..
> >>
> >> EA: BF2 server configuration is "hacking"
> >>
> >> EA has started <a
> >> href="http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/625/625301p1.html">banning</a> IPs
> >> of privately hosted BF2 demo servers from the Gamespy public server
> >> list if the servers were changed to remove demo-specific time limits
> >> and restrictions on in-game weapons that EA wanted to keep exclusive
> >> to their in house servers.  The catch?  The changes in question were
> >> simple settings in the server's python server config files that only
> >> had to be uncommented to be used, and there was no EULA or TOS
> >> distributed with the Linux server to violate <a
> >>
>href="http://forum.eagames.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=7046&highlight=#7046">per
> >> a user on the EA Games UK public forum</a>.
> >>
> >> Joe wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> I second that.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Michael Ressen [mailto:netadmin at michiganburbs.com]
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:50 PM
> >>> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> >>> Subject: Re: [bf1942] Ban email
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Joe wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Broadbandreports and many other sites are running front-page
> >>>> mentions of
> >>>> this horsecrap. Maybe that will get EA's attention..
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Someone get this up on Slashdot.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >