Very Grumpy Bunny blog posted today an entry asking NC Soft & NetDevil to reevaluate Auto Assault rights and release the source code under GPLv2:

What if though, it didn't have to be like that? What if Net Devil and NCSoft could recoup some of the costs of making the game, win a major Public Relations Coup, and not have to worry about hosting or continuing developing Auto Assault?

What if NCSoft were to take a gamble on a different development model...

Say... release Auto Assault under GPLv2.

The setup is fairly simple. Release the executable server and client code under GPLv2. Assign the Copyrights to NCSoft. Trademark the Auto Assault brand-name and artwork.

Read the rest here.