Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizzard wins injunction

Re:Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizza... by rustyhancock on Sunday April 19, 2026 @03:06PM (#47826736)

I was hoping to try out Turtle last summer but didn't get around to it. And had looked into Azerothcore. I hope turtle open sources (if they haven't already and they are allowed to).

I do think part of the problem is payment to cover dev time is actually profit.

I profit from work, although they are just paying me for my time really.

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Re:Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizza... by lachtan on Monday April 20, 2026 @05:43AM (#47832121)

Payment to devs could be considered profit, but profit for the actual people, not the project as a whole and its owners. Also, remember, it's still work, even if it's work on a game. There are reasons not to call pay you get from work "profit"

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Re:Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizza... by orphea on Monday April 20, 2026 @07:21AM (#47832735)

  I hope turtle open sources

Have private servers shared their work at all? I have a feeling that everyone is redoing everyone's work and keep it private out of rivalry.

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Re:Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizza... by 72736379 on Monday April 20, 2026 @10:31AM (#47834938)

I was involved in another mmo's private server scene- what happened there was the source code for servers would get released after a server is taken down (whether by DMCA, or just pure infighting), then people build on top of that, then repeat. I would say a vast majority of the source code is not released to the public.

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