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 *  _______  _        ______            _______  _______           ______   *
 * (  ____ \( \      (  __  \ |\     /|(  ___  )(       )|\     /|(  __  \  *
 * | (    \/| (      | (  \  )| )   ( || (   ) || () () || )   ( || (  \  ) *
 * | (__    | |      | |   ) || (___) || (___) || || || || |   | || |   ) | *
 * |  __)   | |      | |   | ||  ___  ||  ___  || |(_)| || |   | || |   | | *
 * | (      | |      | |   ) || (   ) || (   ) || |   | || |   | || |   ) | *
 * | (____/\| (____/\| (__/  )| )   ( || )   ( || )   ( || (___) || (__/  ) *
 * (_______/(_______/(______/ |/     \||/     \||/     \|(_______)(______/  *
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 * EldhaMUD Copyright 2003-2005 by Robert Powell (Tommi), Altere.           *
 *                                                                          *
 * With many thanks to our realm staff, Celest and Krelowyn                 *
 ***************************************************************************/
                   === Copyright and License Terms ===

Diku Mud is copyright (C) 1990, 1991 by Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert,
Hans Henrik St{rfeldt, Tom Madsen, and Katja Nyboe.  Their license agreement
is in the file './DIKU/license.diku'.

Merc Diku Mud is a derivative of the original Diku Mud.  Merc Diku Mud contains
substantial enhancements to Diku Mud.  These enhancements are copyright 1992,
1993 by Michael Chastain, Michael Quan, and Mitchell Tse.  Their license
agreement is in the file './MERC/license.merc'.

SMAUG is a derivative of the version 2.1 distribution of Merc Diku Mud.
SMAUG 1.4 (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998  by Derek Snider 
SMAUG code team: Thoric, Altrag, Blodkai, Narn, Haus, Scryn, Rennard, 
Swordbearer, Gorog, Grishnakh, Nivek, Tricops and Fireblade.
Their license agreement is in the file './SMAUG/license.txt

EldhaMUD is a derivitive of SmaugFUSS1.4a, a bug fixed version of Smaug1.4a.
EldhaMUD contains substantial enhancements to Smaug/Merc/Diku Mud code, and
includes code written by the Smaug/Merc/Diku Mud Teams, code supplied by 
various snippet authors (see credits.txt) and changes and additions made
by the EldhaMUD Team.


In order to use EldhaMUD you must follow the Diku/Merc/Smaug licenses and our license.  
The exact terms of the Diku license are in the file './DIKU/license.diku'.
The exact terms of the Merc license are in the file './MERC/license.merc'.
The exact terms of the Smaug license are in the file './SMAUG/license.txt'.

Our license terms are:
        -- Copyrights must remain in original source.
        -- A mention that this is a EldhaMUD based MUD must appear in the
           login sequence.
        
EldhaMUD makes no effort to retain compatibility with any original Diku code,
Merc code, Smaug code, any patches, upgrades or code snippets or area files.


EldhaMUD is copyright (C) 2003-2005 by Robert Powell (Tommi) and Altere. With
much support from Celest and Krelowyn. Kudos to Irrylath for guidence and also
to everyone at http://www.gammon.com.au.