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Re: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics [was Affecting the World]
On Wed, 31 Dec 1997 19:08:07 +0100 (MET) Ola wrote:
>> The admin is tha ultimate authority, should know that, and should
>> be comfortable with that. The reason is that the admin will define
>> the bounds and reaches of the world, both physically and socially,
>> if only by consent. He has no choice in that regard, so he'd
>> better take the reigns of power before they take him.
> Ahum. The physical (technical) part yes, the social part, not
> neccessarily. Look at IRC.
Nahh, that's where the aspect of consent mentioned above comes in.
>> However, the main point which I am countering is the assertion that
>> the users of the MUD world have some sort of divine ownership and
>> right to their creations and effects in the MUD world. While I
>> know that some admins would encourage such a view, I think it is
>> essentially delusionary. The users in a MUD are there on the
>> admin's sufference. Quite literally he allows them to be there,
>> and to do whatever they do. If he did not allow them, they would
>> not be there.
> Depends. Some MUDs are run by organizations. The admin is
> replacable. Hence the janitor.
No, this doesn't affect anything I said. The roles are still the
same. The power and the responsibility is not tied to the human
individual, it is tied to whoever holds that position.
> Note that you can separate the roles
> even if the coder, owner and maintainer is the same person. I
> believe one should try to do that.
I don't argue -- you may note my seperation of hats on this list as
List Owner and as a mere member. However, this is really just
fracting (some say clarifying) the base position without altering its
structure or position.
> Depending on the design, users could upload their designs to
> different MUDs. Users do have the intelectual ownership of their
> creations (legally).
Agreed, and there's a point where physical capability far outrules
technical control.
>> BTW: Mind if I cross this to MUD-Dev?
--
J C Lawrence Internet: claw#null,net
Internet: coder#ibm,net
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- Thread context:
- Re: Journal of MUD Research, Vol. 3, No. 1 [TEXT],
coder coder#ibm,net, Wed 07 Jan 1998, 07:12 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics [was Affecting the World],
JC Lawrence claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM, Wed 07 Jan 1998, 00:57 GMT
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