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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Darrin Hyrup <<A HREF="mailto:shades#mythicgames,com">shades#mythicgames,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 10:59:20 -0400</LI>
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Over the last couple days, several people wrote:
>> The other possible lesson that we as a list should be collaborating
>> on code rather than reinventing wheels by the truckload.
>>
>> I get the impression that many people on the list are writing their
>> own servers, often from scratch. (I am.) Would anyone be interested
>> in collaborating on a base server for experimentation? There's got
>> to be a certain amount of drudgery that we can save each other.
Hmm, I recall suggesting an OpenMUD project in my reply to Raph last
week... glad to see that others have the same idea! :) This is the Mud
Development list after all. I think it might also be nice to document our
progress, such that new mud developers could look over the steps taken in
the project as a tutorial, and catch them up to where the list is,
development wise.
In any case, I am up for that. I prefer working in a team environment than
on my own anyway... its just hard to find people who are interested in
doing this sort of thing for free. ;)
>> At this point I'm envisioning a collection of modules, so that features
>> that aren't interesting in a particular context can be ignored. The
>> whole could be under something like the X license or even explicit public
>> domain, so that it would be useful for those considering commercial uses
>> as well.
I think making it explicitly public domain would best serve the members of
the list. That way nobody needs to be concerned about what happens with
the code.
>> Would anyone use such a thing? Would there be any benefit over starting
>> with something like a Diku base (which I understand some have done).
I've looked at a lot of mud bases out there... the best I've seen (for my
particular needs) is Cold/Genesis, but it is not exactly what I want, which
is why I have been doing my own. There is also something to be said about
doing the work involved to create a mud environment, and I think such a
group project would be beneficial to the list. And perhaps the Cold crew
might be interested in contributing... after all, its not like we're in
competition with each other.
>Well as far as I am concerned I would be highly interested in helping
>build an advanced engine under a license that would allow commercial use.
As would I. :)
Best,
Darrin
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00222" HREF="msg00222.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Fri 16 Oct 1998, 02:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00224" HREF="msg00224.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Fri 16 Oct 1998, 05:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00246" HREF="msg00246.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Mon 19 Oct 1998, 18:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00277" HREF="msg00277.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
Elis Pomales <a href="mailto:pomales#caip,rutgers.edu">pomales#caip,rutgers.edu</a>, Tue 20 Oct 1998, 18:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00299" HREF="msg00299.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
Darrin Hyrup <a href="mailto:shades#mythicgames,com">shades#mythicgames,com</a>, Wed 21 Oct 1998, 15:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00327" HREF="msg00327.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 01:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00210" HREF="msg00210.html">[MUD-Dev] ADMIN: unsubscriptions</A></strong>,
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