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Hajamin: While all I know about this situation is what I have read here, and what Lisaera has told me, all I have to say is simple. How do we know they didn't completely remove all the DIKU code, and are not 100% original? If they are, then good, and welcome back to the community. If they didn't, I'm sure it will be found out, and they will again be banned.
Not even Medievia's Chief of Theft (or whatever they call their staff members) has claimed that they've implemented a clean restart. Their argument has always been "We've modified DIKU enough that the license doesn't apply to us", which doesn't hold legal or ethical water.
They're a modified DIKU, violating the license both in letter (no credits listed, using the codebase to generate profit) and spirit (the creators of the codebase have specifically condemned Medievia's use of it).
For a more involved discussion, see also:
As to why they have been allowed back, no official statement has been given to my knowledge.
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