Legend of Chrystancia

Matthew Little   Matthew@godwars.net



=== Copyright and License Terms

Diku Mud is copyright (C) 1990, 1991 by Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert,
Hans Henrik St{rfeldt, Tom Madsen, and Katja Nyboe.  Their license agreement
is in the file 'license.doc'.

Merc Diku Mud is a derivative of the original Diku Mud and is subject to their
copyright and license agreement.  Merc Diku Mud contains substantial
enhancements to Diku Mud.  These enhancements are copyright 1992, 1993 by
Michael Chastain, Michael Quan, and Mitchell Tse.

God Wars is a derivative of Merc2.1 and is subject to their copyright and
license agreement, as well as those of Diku.  God Wars contains numerous
code changes and additions.  With the exception of the prompt code, all
these modifications are copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 by Richard
Woolcock.

Legend of Chrystancia is a derivative of God Wars and is subject to that 
copyright and license agreement, as well as those of Merc and  those of 
Diku. All code contained within this codebase is Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 
2002, 2003 by Matthew Little.


In order to use Legend of Chrystancia you must follow the Diku license, 
Merc license, God Wars license and Legend of Chrystancia License.

The exact terms of the Diku license are in the file 'license.doc'.  A
summary of these terms is:

        -- No resale or operation for profit.
        -- Original author's names must appear in login sequence.
        -- The 'credits' command must report original authors.
        -- You must notify the Diku creators that you are operating a Diku mud.

The exact terms of the Merc license are in the file 'license.txt'.  A
summary of these terms is:

        -- Copyrights must remain in original source.
        -- 'Help merc' must report the Merc help text, as shipped.

The exact terms of the God Wars license license terms are in the file 
'license.gw' As summary of those terms is:

        -- Copyrights must remain UNCHANGED in original source.
        -- The internal helpfiles "GODWARS", "GODWARS-HISTORY", "GODWARS-INFO"
           and "GODWARS-TREE" must not be changed or removed.
        -- The original Merc authors must be displayed in the login sequence.
        -- The text 'God Wars was created by KaVir' must be displayed in the
           login sequence.

The Legend of Chrystancia license terms are:

        -- Copyrights must remain UNCHANGED in original source.
        -- The internal helpfile 'CHRYSTANCIA' must not be changed or removed.
        -- The original Merc authors must be displayed on in the login sequence.
        -- The text 'God Wars was created by KaVir' must be displayed in the
           login sequence.
        -- The text 'Legend of Chrystancia was created by Matthew' must be displayed 
           in the login sequence.
        -- If you are running this code then you should email 'Matthew@godwars.net'
           with the address you are running the MUD at and the port.
           You will also have to supply a valid email address.

If you do not follow these license terms, we will ask you to comply.  If that
doesn't work, then we will talk to your system administrators (not about your
running a mud, but on the grounds that you're using our copyrighted software
without permission).

Matthew Little 15/07/2003