I know there's been a lot of hype about 1.0 OpenGL being PayToPlay, but I figured. Why doesn't Ben or someone just keep 0.76 running when 1.0 is release, and make:
1.0 - PayToPlay - More features
0.76 - Free - Less features
This way, people can play the older version of the game, without any money. However, they'd be missing out on some features. A way to fix servers would be to host 1.0 servers, and 0.76 servers. It might be hard at this point to work on, seeing as though 1.0 is in development, but it could be considered later on.
Thanks for reading
~Alpha