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All content provided in this Wiki is under the GNU Free Documentation License[1], and all referenced content meets the full requirements of any restriction or license placed on the original content providers licensing info.
EULA Violation
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RunUO is not an Approved Third Party Program, and using it with the Ultima Online Client is a violation of the client’s End User License Agreement (EULA) If Electronic Arts suspects that a user has used RunUO or connected to a RunUO freeshard in the past,EA may revoke that user’s EA account. This does not hamper their ability to connect to non EA shards however. (RunUO or otherwise) Shard Emulation is not illegal, contrary to many rumors and misconceptions, as no reverse engineering takes place. Please See: Legal Issues of Freeshards
Legal issues
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Operating or playing on an emulated server may be in violation of the Ultima Online terms of service[1], though some see the laws relating to this as being ambiguous[1] and varied between countries. The creators of other games, such as World of Warcraft and EverQuest, on the other hand, have had some success in shutting down emulated servers and have been actively doing so[1] [1]. The reverse engineering required to bypass the packet encryption may also be in violation of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in the United States, though many of the file formats were publicly posted before the DMCA took effect.
See also: Server emulator - Legality
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