As of January 9th 1996, exclusive worldwide commercial rights for using DGD as a server are held by ichat, Inc. Motivation: DGD has been available on the Internet since August 1993. Before January 9th 1996, a license for a commercial MUD could be obtained for $100 per month. Noone has ever obtained such a license. Only one company ever tried to get one, when it became apparent that it was already too late. Given this lack of interest, I have decided to give an exclusive license to ichat. This license does not affect non-commercial use of DGD in any way. For commercial use, a sub-license must be obtained from ichat. For those who are using, or want to use DGD to develop commercial products, this means that the $100/month deal is off (or maybe not, depending on ichat). On the other hand, the potential market has become considerably larger. I will continue to develop and improve DGD for both commercial and non- commercial use.