Extremetech.com has posted an article entitled "5 more games that won't die!" and guess what? Freelancer is one of them! What's more Discovery mod is specifically mentioned in the article, and it even briefly talks about the 4.85 release.
Here is the page in the article talking about Freelancer.
Nice to see we're the first ones mentioned..erm disco #1
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That article looks really good. It managed to convey the essence of Freelancer on very limited space. Even though Disco got focus, a good attempt at making it fair was made.
Sections about the other games seem good as well. Allegiance might be worth checking:)
And co-op in FL? Wow... never heard of it, although I went from SP directly to Disco RP Server.
Edit: Thanks for explanation.