WoW's Nostalrius server is reborn under a different name

Vanilla World of Warcraft server Nostalrius went offline back in April, much to the dismay of many fans, and after a distinct lack of mention of vanilla WoW fans at BlizzCon by Blizzard, the team behind Nostalrius has taken matters into their own hands, as evident by a post on the Nostalrius forums, a section of which reads:

"So, it's time for us to release our source code and additional tools to the community in the hope that it will maintain the Legacy community as much as possible until Blizzard announces an official Legacy plan - should they decide to do that."

"The source code will be first given to an existing Legacy project which we believe to be the most in line with our core values, named Elysium. This server shares the volunteer spirit and passion for the game we had. Furthermore, an important part of Nostalrius volunteers are already working there, some under different names. We wish them all the best, and hope that they will become a new home for the reunited Vanilla community. We will continue collaborating closely with them. This collaboration could include additional "things" to share with them if necessary to achieve this goal. In exchange, this server promised to not receive any profit from this activity. They will also have to create the documentation required to install, understand and use the work we did."

Another post on Reddit gives more details on the project: "As you may have already read in the latest Nostalrius announcement, Elysium will now proudly revive and continue what began a year and half ago. We will be gratefully accepting the core and player database of Nostalrius. This means that Nostalrius, exactly as you know it, will be returning. The core has not yet been transferred, but will be shortly after this announcement. Additionally, as many of you know, we have a very large percentage of the Nostalrius staff that has been part of Elysium. Their positions in the staff reach all possible areas such as Administration, Development, Game Masters and Quality Assurance. As of now we have a total of 16 Nostalrius team members (excluding Nostalrius' administration whom will remain off of the project) and the number is growing. Together we will bring true Legacy servers to the private server community until Blizzard does!"

The Reddit post also outlines the core values of the project, which are to provide the best server possible, be a project born out of love for the game and also a refusal of profit.

In terms of next steps, these are as follows: "We made a promise to the players on Elysium. That promise was a simple one: you will always have a home. We will not retract on that promise. The Elysium database is being frozen while work on the Nostalrius core progresses. As of the time of this announcement, all characters on Elysium have been saved and frozen to be loaded into the new core once it's complete. Elysium, as a server, will remain up for your enjoyment until the new server is complete, but any changes to your character after this announcement will not carry over. Additionally, in regards to character names, Nostalrius will have the priority. This means that Elysium characters may be required to rename at the character screen when time comes. Furthermore, all items from Elysium will be downgraded to match the 1.9 Patch itemisation of Nostalrius."

Is Elysium good news for you?