[Mmartin]

Should we also release all of our maps? Our game mode perhaps? Heck why not make all of our infrastructure open source.

The argument is flawed. The point of a customization feature is exactly that - for servers to be able to stand out and be different from one another. If all servers have the same models, it’s not really that unique.

Besides, nowhere have we said we’re not open to sharing our resources. Infact I’ve gotten halfway through a project which would allow modders share their work for servers to use free of charge, but I’ve lost any sort of motivation to finish it because of the stance kyes had on 038/DL for a while now.

But if that’s what’s the issue here, I wouldn’t want exclusivity get in the way of our community’s (both samp and lsrp) well-being. I pledge to release all of our models for anyone to use, free of charge - given the models author will not explicitly forbid me to - if the next version of SAMP contains the DL feature. I urge other server owners to join me - whether you have one or hundreds of custom models.