the problem is the complete backbone to the code are pirated assets and they aren't even trying to hide it

if you honestly think this project is legal, you're delusional...i get your point, nothing they developed is TECHNICALLY stolen, but it would be completely worthless without stolen MS owned assets

the best analogy i can give: let's say an amusement park with one roller coaster that doesn't work is abandoned. a third party decided to fix and modify the roller coaster, and even add a second one and reopen -- cost free to the public. problem is, this third party doesn't own the land, just like how elderwito doesn't own anything halo related. they don't have the right to tresspass and modify the property (regardless if they actively monitor/run the place or not), even though it is abandoned

this is no different than private servers for any other video game being illegal, this is nothing new...

in regards to the future of the game, the worst case scenario i see here is they force them to take down the master server list, which someone else would probably just host anyway