December 1999
- Neural Networks as the AI system for a MUD? PartyG2816@aol.com
- Neural Networks as the AI system for a MUD? claw@kanga.nu
- Neural Networks as the AI system for a MUD? Marc Bowden
- Neural Networks as the AI system for a MUD? Lo, Kam
- Neural Networks as the AI system for a MUD? Marc Hernandez
- Neural Networks as the AI system for a MUD? Kræn Munck
- Neural Networks as the AI system for a MUD? Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
- Neural Networks as the AI system for a MUD? PartyG2816@aol.com
- Neural Networks as the AI system for a MUD? Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
- Neural Networks as the AI system for a MUD? Andrew Norman
- Neural Networks as the AI system for a MUD? Mik Clarke
- New member IronWolf
- Scenarios Chris Lloyd
- ColdStore J C Lawrence
- New AI Engine released Fabian
- New AI Engine released Steve Houchard
- New AI Engine released Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- New AI Engine released Elysium
- AI's in MUDS and Online Gaming IronWolf
- AI's in MUDS and Online Gaming Matthew Mihaly
- AI's in MUDS and Online Gaming IronWolf
- AI's in MUDS and Online Gaming Ryan P.
- Garbage Collection Miroslav Silovic
- Capture of players. (was: Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) Kræn Munck
- Capture of players. (was: Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) J C Lawrence
- Capture of players. (was: Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) Chris Lloyd
- Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) Richard Ross
- Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) Philip Loguinov -- Draymoor
- Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) Mik Clarke
- Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) J C Lawrence
- Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) Greg Miller
- Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) Dundee
- Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) Travis S. Casey
- Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) Douglas Couch
- Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) Marc Hernandez
- Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) J C Lawrence
- Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios) Mik Clarke
- Ideas for dynamic worlds Nolan Darilek
- Ideas for dynamic worlds Chimera
- Ideas for dynamic worlds Ilya, Game Commandos
- Ideas for dynamic worlds J C Lawrence
- Ideas for dynamic worlds Nolan Darilek
- Ideas for dynamic worlds Joe Kingry
- Ideas for dynamic worlds David Morgan
- The GTS Library J C Lawrence
- Combat systems Neil Edwards
- Combat systems Kylotan
- Combat systems Kylotan
- Combat systems Chris Lloyd
- Combat systems J C Lawrence
- Combat systems Marc Spoorendonk
- Combat Systems Ben
- Combat Systems Raph Koster
- Metakit J C Lawrence
- Commercial Online Roleplaying Games (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Mud-Dev FAQ Marian Griffith
- Mass bannings (was The grass is always greener in the other field) AR Schleicher
- Game Balance: Statistical Analysis in MPORPGs Lovecraft
- Game Balance: Statistical Analysis in MPORPGs Koster, Raph
- Biosystems & simulation [RAMBLE] Ben Greear
- Souveniers Douglas Couch
- Souveniers Lovecraft
- Souveniers J C Lawrence
- Souveniers Raph & Kristen Koster
- Souveniers J C Lawrence
- Souveniers Raph & Kristen Koster
- Ideas for dynamically generated worlds Cynbe ru Taren
- Ideas for dynamically generated worlds J C Lawrence
- Balancing between anxiety and boredom (was Fair/Unf air? Scenarios (fwd) ) Sellers, Michael
- Online Migration and population mobility in a virtual gaming setting - Ultima Online J C Lawrence
- lockpicking Matthew Mihaly
- Optimized Object Storage Ian Macintosh
- Optimized Object Storage Sellers, Michael
- Optimized Object Storage Matthew Mihaly
- Optimized Object Storage J C Lawrence
- Optimized Object Storage Ian Macintosh
- Optimized Object Storage Ian Macintosh
- Optimized Object Storage Sellers, Michael
- Optimized Object Storage Ian Macintosh
- The Habitat Papers are missing J C Lawrence
- Waving Hands -- Debian's Spellcast for Linux J C Lawrence
- Waving Hands -- Debian's Spellcast for Linux Dan Shiovitz
- Waving Hands -- Debian's Spellcast for Linux Travis Casey
- Waving Hands -- Debian's Spellcast for Linux J C Lawrence
- Upload to ftp.kanga.nu J C Lawrence
- Farewell again Ilya, GC
- Telnet Protocol and Winsocks method
- Telnet Protocol and Winsocks J C Lawrence
- Telnet Protocol and Winsocks cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Telnet Protocol and Winsocks Ilya, GC
- Telnet Protocol and Winsocks J C Lawrence
- Proper liscense for MUD source? Perhaps not GPL... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Proper liscense for MUD source? Perhaps not GPL... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Proper liscense for MUD source? Perhaps not GPL... (fwd) Rahul Sinha
I personally do not like the license proposed from a
"buyer"'s point of view. However, that is my business, I vote by choosing
another server. I cannot agree that it is "immoral" or "wrong" to use
this license however, as any developer that releases source code is
inherently doing the "buyer" a favor, or at least providing a service that
is not an intrisic right, but rather a purchasing point
the vast majority of software I use is GPL/LGPL/BSD.
I do choose OSD-compliant software above non-complaint to use, but that is
due to personal preference of the pragmatic benefits this provides, not
some feeling of entitlement or intrinsic right.
On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, J C Lawrence wrote:
<snip: much regarding parameters of proposed license>
> Translation: Enforced public speech. To an extent you are demanding
> that all efforts which touch this product are effectively done "in
> the public interest" or at least, "freely available to public
> scrutiny" at the source level.
>
> If you do anything, and you let anyone else see it, you *HAVE* to
> let everyone see it.
>
> Outside of the fact that this violates the OpenSource definition (as
> does the GPL arguably enough), many will find it excessively
> invasive for development purposes, time-to-market, press control,
> etc. The 6 month time lag doesn't fix this as it merely attempts to
> hide the problems by providing an alibi that most can escape under
> without addressing the central concern.
fine, so make it specific; iow this does not need to be a General license,
it can go into the minutiae, eg after x users then release;
if they find it invasive, then they can go elsewhere.
>
> My view? I take the side of free speech. A pivotal quality of
> "free speech" is the freedom to communicate only when one wishes to.
> (FWLIW reading the supreme court's arguments on the State's right to
> mandate its citizen's speech is more than revealing) You are
> suggesting the removal of that freedom by mandating compulsive
> speech without giving anything back to me for the loss of that
> "right" -- something not even the State (in most of the Western
> World) does.
we are protected from the State due to the coercive power of the state; I
cannot force you to use my mud code. If you want to, that is your
business, follow my rules as it is mine. I am giving something back;
indeed primary exchange of value is from me to you. I give you use of a
mud codebase, you agree any changes you make I can reincorporate (and
distribute)
>
> Contracts, and licenses, need to practice fair exchange -- to give
> as much as they take.
no this is not the case; no contracts are invalidated on grounds of being
"unfair". You sign, you buy.
>
> My source is mine. Period. I choose the license I use for
> releases. (I presume that you've read Linus' statements on this
> area? If not see the Linux Kernel or BitKeeper License list
> archives) That license may be affected or even defined by the
> license on the code I started with, but whether or not I release,
> and when and how, are my decisions, and nobody elses.
bullshit, when you use someone else's work, you are bound by their
wishes, hence why FSF requires all submitters to give their copyrights to
the FSF in writing...
>
> > I'd like to forward the idea of a liscense where making the mud
> > publicly available for play requires the source code for the mud
> > to be available.
>
> For the purposes of this license, how do you distinguish between
> server source (say socket handling) and softcode (defines the game
> world)? How about the case where there is no soft code -- the
> entire MUD is written in the C/Java whatever and there is no
> LPC/ColdC/TinyCode equivalent? How about the other side, where the
> hard coded kernel is very small, offering some basic network socket
> handling and a soft-code langauge atop which everything else is
> built (ala CoolMUD. PerlMOO, etc)?
simple; if has a single line of my code in it, it is under my license.
You don't like, use someone else's code.
yes, for small things this is hard to prove (there is a reason why the
burden of proof is on me) but if you copy something large, I can tell...
>
> > Presumably a well designed code base would allow the bulk of the
> > game to reside in data files not covered by the liscense, which
> > would prevent people from copying and stealing entirely someone
> > else's game.
>
> This is not even close to a given.
no but it is a purchasing point... do not use a codebase that will cause
you problems...
the balance of rights must be weighted towards the creator; it is his
(her) code...
>
> > If a server were released under these conditions, do you think it
> > would be successful?
>
> Please define "success" first.
meet the stated objective of apprehending code forks.
Rahul Sinha
Computer Science/ Government,
University Of Maryland College Park
AIM: qui dire ICQ: 9738191 (301)935-5542 - Proper liscense for MUD source? Perhaps not GPL... (fwd) SodaPop
- Proper liscense for MUD source? Perhaps not GPL... (fwd) Rahul Sinha
- Proper liscense for MUD source? Perhaps not GPL... (fwd) Ben Greear
- Proper liscense for MUD source? Perhaps not GPL... (fwd) Christopher Allen
- Proper liscense for MUD source? Perhaps not GPL... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Proper liscense for MUD source? Perhaps not GPL... (fwd) Christopher Allen
- MUD source licensing: beyond GPL? (fwd) J C Lawrence
- MUD source licensing: beyond GPL? (fwd) Matthew Mihaly
- Classes and Races and more (a BIG list) (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Originality/Points of Reference (was Classes and Races and more (a BIG list) (fwd)) Richard Ross
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Justin Rogers
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Rahul Sinha
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Justin Rogers
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Rahul Sinha
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Christopher Kohnert
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Rahul Sinha
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Greg Miller
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Greg Miller
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Greg Miller
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Matthew Mihaly
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Jon A. Lambert
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Rahul Sinha
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Wesley W. Terpstra
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Greg Miller
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Rahul Sinha
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Wesley W. Terpstra
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Rahul Sinha
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Greg Miller
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Greg Miller
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Rahul Sinha
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) Rahul Sinha
- Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Originality/Points of Reference Ian Klimon, Esq.
- Job Openings - Mud Engineering Christopher Allen
- PGP player certificates (was: collecting ideas...) Wesley W. Terpstra
- PGP player certificates (was: collecting ideas...) David Bennett
- Re[4]: The grass is always greener in the other field Travis Casey
- Re[4]: The grass is always greener in the other field J C Lawrence
- Re[4]: The grass is always greener in the other field Adam Wiggins
- Two threads forced to one CPU? (was: Collecting ideas for a MUD server...) Wesley W. Terpstra
- Two threads forced to one CPU? (was: Collecting ideas for a MUD server...) J C Lawrence
- Two threads forced to one CPU? (was: Collecting ideas for a MUD server...) Marc Bowden
- Two threads forced to one CPU? (was: Collecting ideas for a MUD server...) Greg Miller
- Two threads forced to one CPU? (was: Collecting ideas for a MUD server...) cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Two threads forced to one CPU? (was: Collecting ideas for a MUD server...) Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
- Two threads forced to one CPU? (was: Collecting ideas for a MUD server...) cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- PGP confusions hopefully resolved (was: collecting ideas ...) Wesley W. Terpstra
- MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #237 - 9 msgs Dr. Cat
- MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #237 - 9 msgs J C Lawrence
- MUD relevant references (was: The grass is always greener...) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Re[6]: The grass is always greener in the other field Travis Casey
- Embedded languages, object persistance... ack. Joe Kingry
- Embedded languages, object persistance... ack. cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Embedded languages, object persistance... ack. Laurent Bossavit
- Embedded languages, object persistance... ack. Kevin Littlejohn
- Embedded languages, object persistance... ack. J C Lawrence
- Embedded languages, object persistance... ack. J C Lawrence
- Embedded languages, object persistance... ack. Jay Carlson
- Embedded languages, object persistance... ack. Jay Carlson
- Embedded languages, object persistance... ack. J C Lawrence
- Embedded languages, object persistance... ack. icecube@ihug.co.nz
- Embedded languages, object persistance... ack. Kevin Littlejohn
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Christer Enfors
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Rahul Sinha
- Storing tokens with flex & bison J C Lawrence
- Storing tokens with flex & bison cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Christer Enfors
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Storing tokens with flex & bison J C Lawrence
- Storing tokens with flex & bison cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Jon A. Lambert
- Storing tokens with flex & bison cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Jon A. Lambert
- Storing tokens with flex & bison cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Jon A. Lambert
- Storing tokens with flex & bison cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Jon A. Lambert
- Storing tokens with flex & bison cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Kevin Littlejohn
- Storing tokens with flex & bison cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Phillip Lenhardt
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Dominic J. Eidson
- Storing tokens with flex & bison cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Chris Jones
- Storing tokens with flex & bison J C Lawrence
- Storing tokens with flex & bison cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Per Vognsen
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Christer Enfors
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Chris Turner
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Christer Enfors
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Jon A. Lambert
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Christer Enfors
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Jon A. Lambert
- Storing tokens with flex & bison J C Lawrence
- Storing tokens with flex & bison Greg Miller
- Storing tokens with flex & bison J C Lawrence