Cyan said a few days ago that they had a big change in the works. I wasn't expecting this:
So, Cyan has decided to give make MystOnline available to the fans by releasing the source code for the servers, client and tools for MystOnline as an open source project. We will also host a data server with the data for MystOnline. MORE is still possible but only with the help from fans.
This is a bit scary for Cyan because this is an area that we have never gone before, to let a product freely roam in the wild. But we've poured so much into UruLive, and it has touched so many, that we could not just let it whither and die. We still have hopes that someday we will be able to provide new content for UruLive and/or work on the next UruLive.
(posted Dec 12 on mystonline.com; reprint on Spokesman Review blog.)
Damn. Mondo cool. I wish I had the free energy to pitch into this full-time.