Re: License

From: Ben C (europa@vt.edu)
Date: 09/30/00


At 05:39 PM 10/1/00 +1000, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>> > 1) You must not use CircleMUD to make money or be compensated in any way.
>
>A quickie...
>
>Out of interest, it's not against the license if a bunch of friends chip in (who are mortals) to improve the server of the mud they play at, is it?

Also from license.doc:

> -- You must not solicit or accept money or other donations in exchange for
>    running CircleMUD.  You must not accept money or other donations from
>    your players for purposes such as hardware upgrades for running
>    CircleMUD.

Yeah, it's kind of harsh, but I'm sure Jeremy wants it as black-and-white as possible.  It's all too easy for some muds to fall into pay-per-play; and circle is intended to be 100% free.

--Ben C


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