Quote Originally Posted by Rhianu View Post
Uh... considering how many games there are all ready that allow players to create and host their own private servers (*cough*Minecraft*cough*) I think that's rather silly thing to say.
Minecraft also came out with a different, SWEDISH license than FFXIV 1.0 that allowed it to distribute the server software without losing trademark.

I'm not saying it can't be done, I'm saying it'll cost them for zero benefit.