Some thoughts on where we are going...

[yottabyte]

Don't have time to reply to all your post but it's not allowed to give out jar files according to Notch and Mojang. Like, not legally allowed. Bukkit can be distributed because the server jar is already public. Mods like Tekkit and Forge only inject new class files into the existing jar files. You can't get Tekkit unless you already have a copy of Minecraft.

Anyway, just clearing that part up.

Oh also, if you don't like the ideas I'm proposing in this thread, feel free to share your own ideas on how to improve the server (except for client mods though!). It's really just an open discussion at the moment, nothing is set in stone.