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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Combat</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Combat</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Travis Casey" <<A HREF="mailto:casey#NU,cs.fsu.edu">casey#NU,cs.fsu.edu</A>></LI>
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<PRE>
> :D&D/AD&D
> :Cyberpunk 2000
> :Rolemaster
>
> Can you use any of those without getting into copyright problems? I
thought
> I had seen posts in the newsgroups about TSR getting upset with MUD
people
> using their system too closely?
Using the game systems of any of these would not cause problems with
copyrights under any reasonable interpretation of the law. However,
using the terms from them could theoretically land you in trouble via
trademarks, though that's unlikely.
On the flip side, advertising your mud as "an AD&D mud" or "a Rolemaster
mud" will almost certainly get you into trademark trouble if the maker
of the game in question decides they don't like you doing that. Also,
using characters and/or game worlds from any of those (or any other
published work that's still under copyright) can get you in trouble.
Most game companies aren't likely to sue you; TSR was a notable exception,
but that may change soon, since WotC is buying them out.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00263" HREF="msg00263.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Combat</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 29 Apr 1997, 02:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00291" HREF="msg00291.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Combat</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 30 Apr 1997, 01:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00278" HREF="msg00278.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Combat</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Tue 29 Apr 1997, 16:15 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00297" HREF="msg00297.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Combat</A></strong>,
Travis Casey <a href="mailto:casey#NU,cs.fsu.edu">casey#NU,cs.fsu.edu</a>, Wed 30 Apr 1997, 09:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00299" HREF="msg00299.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Combat</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00260" HREF="msg00260.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] (fwd) Re: Issues from the digests and Wout's list</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 28 Apr 1997, 05:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00264" HREF="msg00264.html">Magnetic Scrolls' magical parser</A></strong>,
Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Tue 29 Apr 1997, 04:08 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00273" HREF="msg00273.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Magnetic Scrolls' magical parser</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#inficad,com">nightfall#inficad,com</a>, Tue 29 Apr 1997, 11:46 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00286" HREF="msg00286.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Magnetic Scrolls' magical parser</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Wed 30 Apr 1997, 00:32 GMT
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