MUD++ Alpha Test License Licensor: Melvin Smith (author) Licensee: Your name here. Your name must be inserted in the above Licensee line for this license to be valid. If your name is not present in the above space, you have no rights concerning this software. This license is still valid in any case. This license grants the above licensee the right to use this software in a fashion specified by the terms provided below. Outside of the terms provided below, you have no rights to modify, compile, or derive works from this software whatsoever. You may redistribute this software on any media provided that it is in original form retaining the original package filename. You may however make derivatives, improvements, bug fixes, or other modifications which count as derivative works. You may redistribute any of these derivative works on any medium you choose, with the requirement that you must previously notify the author and obtain approval of the package name of the derivative work. Your derivative work retains this copyright and all terms listed in this document. You may distribute this package in any compressed format that you choose as long as the uncompressed file is the original. You are forbidden to charge money or services or make profit in any way for this software or derivatives without prior written agreement with the author, Melvin Smith. 1. This license grants you the right to modify and make derivative works of this alpha version of MUD++. This license grants you the right to redistribute this code or derivative works provided that you follow all copyrights and license terms in this document. 2. The MUD++ game server or any derivative work must retain the copyright header in each source file as is. The header may not be modified in any way. 3. When started from the command line, the MUD++ server or any derivative thereof must display the runtime message: MUD++ Cyberspace Server version <version> Copyright(C) 1995, 1996 Melvin Smith 4. The MUD++ server or any derivative must contain the above line(s) as show in section 3 in the first logon screen of the game. The screen may contain any other copyright notices that do not infringe on the original MUD++ license. 5. In order to run this server on a site accessible by network ( Example. internet ) you must notify the author and provide your full numeric node address ( and alias if you have one ) and the port along with your name and email address. 6. If you plan to run a commercial site ( where you charge for access or make profit in any way from the MUD++ server or derivative ) you must reach an agreement with the author PRIOR to opening the commercial site. Without prior agreement with the author you have absolutely no permissions whatsoever to make profit in any way from the MUD++ server source code, executeable, or access to the server, or any other method of profit related to the server including advertisement. 7. You are not required to accept or agree to these terms but outside of these terms you have no legal rights to modify, use, run, or distribute this code in any form or media. By modifying or deriving other works and/or running this game server your are accepting these terms and therefore bound by all terms in this license. Author and Licensor - Melvin Smith msmith@falcon.mercer.peachnet.edu or mudpp-list@spice.com