11 Mar 13, 03:19AM
(11 Mar 13, 03:10AM)Lee Wrote: The fact that this game is open source yet people are only allowed to modify within the bounds set by people who created it while saying it's open source is pretty lame.
Woah now, I think you're jumping to conclusions there. You can modify the source code however you want, even distribute it assuming you don't violate the licenses. But if your modifications make it so you/others have an advantage over default clients in the multiplayer environment then it would be considered cheating. Thus resulting in a ban from the masterserver/various servers.
I'm not saying it was you that cheated or not, but someone on that IP address cheated, and it was banned. That is the current protocol for dealing with cheaters. It has nothing to do with what "bounds" the devs have applied to source code modding. The majority of the community sees cheating as a bad thing and want those who use them banned. Legit players like enjoying the game with other legit players.