Its not connected to the main game. Its a private bot only server.
That being said, is copying the game outright legal?
> is copying the game outright legal
no it is not. a lot of runescape servers have recently been receiving UDRP disputes (to get domain + contact info) and subsequent legal communications from jagex
> is copying the game outright legal
no it is not. a lot of runescape servers have recently been receiving UDRP disputes (to get domain + contact info) and subsequent legal communications from jagex