On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Mike Prior wrote: > Anthony don't be such a sceptic...I would pay money to a MUD if it was good > and I have. It was worth every cent of it. I know a hell of a lot of people > that have as well. I can't see any reason why you shouldn't go for it. Except that it's a direct violation of the circlemud license. > If players want to give you "gifts" then you should be able to take them > without worry of being sued. An idea a couple of MUDs used was giving some > good eq that you wouldn't normally get from mobs, if you donated. As is this (these are *specifically* stated as being illegal in the license). The Diku license, otoh, only says you can't make a profit on it, so donations for "maintenance" costs are probably ok. (Even selling mugs and stuff seems to be a bit dodgy .. the circle license says it can't be used to "facilitate" acceptance of fees, donations, etc. This might mean that even putting a "HELP DONATIONS" screen that says "We are selling mugs and T-shirts that say "I'm a SpleenMUD player!" Send $20.00 to Fred Smith for yours!" is not ok. On the other hand, I don't see any possible objection to putting this notice on the mud's web page.) > Mike -- dan shiovitz scythe@u.washington.edu shiov@cs.washington.edu slightly lost author/programmer in a world of more creative or more sensible people ... remember to speak up for freedom because no one else will do it for you: use it or lose it ... carpe diem -- be proactive. my web site: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~scythe/home.html some ok stuff. +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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