In compiling this code, you have agreed to the following restrictions on any operating version of ROM code: 1) following all guidelines in the diku license (contained in the file license.doc) 2) following all guidelines in the Merc license (contained in the file license.txt) 3) The login message to your mud must contain a notice that it is based on ROM 2.4 beta, copyright 1993 - 1996 Russ Taylor. The help files must include a ROM entry, readable by all players, and unaltered from the file included with the source code, except as authorized by the ROM authors. The login screen means the screen you see when you first connect, excepting one-line "Do you have color?" messages, and the readable by all players means it must be viewable by both new and old characters on a 24-line terminal with no scrollback. To make it more clear, you cannot put the credits on the top of a 24-line ascii graphic, as this would cause the credits to scroll off. In any case, final decision on compliance/non-compliance with this requirement is left soley to the judgement of the ROM consortium. 4) Before opening a ROM-based mud, you must send email to the author (rtaylor@efn.org), so that I can keep track of sites for future code releases. 5) Any use of the term Rivers of Mud remains the exclusive right of Russ Taylor, this includes the sole right to release future versions of ROM source code, and the title Rivers of Mud and ROM as pertains to a mud. Names such as John's ROM, AnotherROM, and JustaROM are also forbidden. Permission to use the name Rivers of Mud has been granted to Zump, the current ROM implementer, his mud will remain the only one with that privilige. As a coder, you have full rights to release your own derivatives of the ROM code, provided they follow the restrictions of this license, contain all appropriate README and credits files, and are properly labelled as being derivatives of the ROM 2.4 code (just as ROM is itself a derivative of Gamma 0.0 and Merc 2.1 code). 6) Anyone not wishing to follow terms of the ROM license shall be obligated to delete all copies of this code in their possession. This includes, but is not limited to, failure to display full credits for ROM, Merc, and Diku. 7) Collaboration with known Diku, Merc, or ROM license violators on any ROM code project is strictly forbidden without written permission from the ROM consortium (Russ Taylor, Gabrielle Taylor, and Brian Moore). This list includes, but is not limited to, Mike Krause (Vryce), and any other administrators involved in the mud Medievia. (In English, this means that Alander is the only one allowed to release ROM source code, as apposed to ROM derived source code, and that you cannot call your mud ROM even though it uses ROM code. You also aren't allowed to deal with code thieves) If you have any questions about this license, please send email to rtaylor@efn.org.