Or, what happens when people get confused about what they actually want…
So Nostalrius, the “fan” managed “vanilla” server was forced to be closed down by Blizzard.
Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat: Blizzard were absolutely in the right here. This was essentially an illegal mis-use of Blizzard’s IP, and if they hadn’t closed it down then they would have been damaging their own rights and ability to defend their IP in the future.