<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD --> <!--X-From-R13: "Xba O. Znzoreg" <wyflfvapNvk.argpbz.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 05:37:31 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199811041332.HAA18710@dfw-ix3.ix.netcom.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 98110407203708.05767@d185d1e96 --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00759.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00761.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00758.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00764.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00760">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00760">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00760">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 08:33:05 -5</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On 4 Nov 98, James Wilson wrote: > On Wed, 04 Nov 1998, ApplePiMan#aol,com wrote: > > > >PD assures availability and "free-ness" much more than LGPL or BSD. It > >removes all restrictions on usage, and in doing so *ensures* anyone, > > sorry, you're missing the point here. PD makes it possible for a commercial > entity to fork my code, by making some super modifications and not releasing > them in source form. Then the free version of my code is killed by the > commercial version. This is the central reason why people use Gnu-style > licenses. How many muds have been released under GNU? Two that I know of, Mud++ and JMud. Why isn't code forking a desireable trait for a mud servers? -- --/*\ Jon A. 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Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 13:37 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00764" HREF="msg00764.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, Darrin Hyrup <a href="mailto:shades#mythicgames,com">shades#mythicgames,com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 21:03 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00766" HREF="msg00766.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 22:23 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00768" HREF="msg00768.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 23:00 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00752" HREF="msg00752.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 06:31 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>