If a name is taken and then the player with said name decides to quit, what difference does it make that their name will no longer belong to them after x amount of time inactive (assuming that this timeframe is considerably/reasonably long). I believe somewhere in the agreement we all have to acknowledge before playing this game, its says that our accounts are properties of Jagex. As cynical as it may seem, they do have the permissions to enact this "name cleanup."
01-Apr-2015 16:46:13