Holy crapola!! I have never seen a topic get the attention from so many as does the topic of licensing. I however would like to contribute some small pieces of advice. The best source for information on the CircleMUD license is probably from George, Alex or Jeremy. I am sure they have seen enough questions and have done enough research on the topic. Licensing questions for other applications (like MySQL) would probably be best answered by the authors of the software package. Another solution would be to ask a lawyer. I truely doubt they would be willing to answer or even look up information about the issues unless they were being paid to do so. Hell, most would probably not even know about these kinds of licenses. Lastly, unless someone on this list is a lawyer, I really think that most of the oppinions about licensing, are just that. And I hope that those who are truely needing advice would hunt down the authors and to cover thier own asses by verifying it with them. That is, if you plan to distribute code along with CircleMUD (or any other for that matter). Half of the messages on this topic stated something to the effect 'I am not a lawyer but...'. I am not a doctor but that huge gash on the back of your head does not appear to be too bad. Just make sure you clean up the blood before you leave. :) -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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