geoschmo said:
The quote from Malfador in the post just before yours confirmed it is not.
I suppose the question, for me and maybe some other people, is if Malfador's contract with Strategy First, or Valve would ever
force Malfador to require STEAM for the game to function, maybe even going as fas as to shutdown the PBW site, or even remove play-by-email from the game code.
I don't remember the exact name, but some people made some sort of Linux port of Warcraft, that used some sort of alternate network, distinct from Battlenet, for multiplayer gaming. It required a functioning Windows copy of Warcraft to run, and since Battlenet has no charge they were kinda claiming that it wasn't infriging on Blizzard's rights -- they were just createing a separate network to save bandwidth and allow Linux users to play their favorite DOS game.
Blizzard, understandably, were not pleased at the loss of control, if not income, and came down hard on these hippie, commie, open-source, wacko, liberal nerds.
People have strong feelings about issues like this. And sometimes even a straight answer isn't enough to ally suspicions. I like to maintain a calm "wait'n see" attitude to the issue.