StarCraft II

No, this is not supposed to be a game thread.

Blizzard apparently intends on leaving LAN out of StarCraft II, which is a horrible mistake. Anybody here plan on making their own Battle.net servers? Or at least do some mod for LAN play?

>>23
I'm not saying it's impossible to study and modify binary software in general, I'm saying it's impractical to do this for any non-trivial software system. It's all about control - without access to the source code (which allows a programmer to study and tinker with the software), the user is <i>practically</i> helpless to help themselves.

I responded to >>12 who complained about not having control to a proprietary program. I found it amusing because the purpose of proprietary software is to keep users helpless and to keep the control in the hands of the software master. If you want control over your computer, you must have freedom 1 (the right to study and tinker with software) and this is impractical without source code.