In compiling this code, you have agreed to the following restrictions on any operating version of EmberMUD code: 1) You will follow all guidelines in the Diku license (contained in the file old/license.diku) 2) You will follow all guidelines in the Merc license (contained in the file old/license.merc) 3) You will follow all guidelines in the ROM license (contained in the file old/license.rom) 4) The login/greeting message for your mud must contain a notice that it is based on EmberMUD code. Optionally, you may also include the names Zak, Zane, and Thexder there or in other credits. 5) help ember and help embermud cannot be altered, and must always display the help text shipped with the mud. 6) You will attempt to contact at least one of the members of the EmberMUD coding team (contact info is at the end of this file) before you open your MUD and notify them of your name and email address. Including the address of your MUD is optional (although we'd love to see what you're doing with our code!) EmberMUD is a modified form of the ROM 2.3 mud code. These modifications, in total, are copyright 1996 by Kevin Williams, Ej Wilburn, and James Ledbetter. The name EmberMUD remains the exclusive copyright of Kevin Williams (Zak). This includes the sole right to release future versions of EmberMUD source code, and the title EmberMUD as pertains to a mud. As a coder, you have full rights to release your own derivatives of the EmberMUD code, provided they follow the restrictions of this license, contain all README and license files included in the base EmberMUD distribution you are using, and are properly labelled as being derivatives of the EmberMUD code (just as EmberMUD is a derivative of ROM 2.3 code and Merc 2.1 code). 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). These are very generous terms for any software. If you don't want to accept them, feel free to run some other software, or write your own. If you have any questions about this license, please send email to a member of our development team. The contact information is as follows: Ej Wilburn - Zane - unknown James Ledbetter - Thexder - jledbett@mail.llion.org Kevin Williams - Zak - zak@supernova.org Also, you may wish to contact Russ Taylor, author of the ROM code that EmberMUD is based on. His email address is: rtaylor@cie-2.uoregon.edu.