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Source MUD
Copyright (C) 2002,2003 Sean Middleditch
Sean Middleditch <[email protected]>
Basic Source MUD Information
------------------------------------------------------
1. Introduction
============
Source MUD is a MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) game server. Players connect to
the server using telnet, or a MUD client application, to play in a fantasy
world with other players.
Source MUD is a new codebase; it is not derived from any older codebases
like many other popular MUDs. One consequence of this is that many terms
and systems found in most other MUDs are different in Source MUD.
The Scriptix scripting language is used to extending and modifying the
engine core features.
2. Documentation
=============
The files in the doc/ directory contain lots of useful information. If you
received Source MUD in a pre-packaged form, there should be both plain text
and HTML versions of all the documents. If those files are not present, and
you have tools for DocBook XML processing installed, the files will be built
when you run 'make'.
Please note that the coders tend to get out of sync with the document
writers (even when they are usually the same person), and the documents
often lag behind the code.
3. Support
=======
If the documentation doesn't provide an answer, or just confused you more,
you can find support in several place. The Source MUD website
(http://www.sourcemud.org) has both user forums and a bug tracking system.
The website also has information on the Source MUD mailing lists.
4. Upgrading
=========
If you are upgrading from a previous Source MUD release, please keep these
points in mind:
* Be warned that 'make install' will overwrite several key files in the
target directory, including sourcemud.conf, and all the files in data/*.
You should back up your modified copies, or manually install the Source
MUD files you wish to upgrade.
* Read the ChangeLog and script documentation before running the new Source
* MUD
with your old scripts. Pre-1.0 Source MUD releases are very likely to
change the API exposed the scripts.
* Data files may very likely need to be modified, converted, or flat out
rewritten. While we try to stay compatible between pre-1.0 release, it
doesn't make sense to limit development of features for compatibility
reasons in alpha software.
5. Legal
=====
Source MUD comes with no warranty. If something bad happens to you because
of your use of Source MUD, we (the authors, distributors, builders, and
testers) are not responsible for your misfortune and/or mistakes. See the
disclaimer section below.
Source MUD is licensed under the BSD license. See the COPYING file for more
details. As a summary, the BSD license gives you rights to do whatever you
want with the code. Note: you can NOT change the license of our code, or
modify copyrights. Our code is our code, and it is released under the BSD
license - end of story. You can, however, add new code or modify existing
code. Any code you write is yours, and licensed under whichever license you
choose - end of story. The BSD license grants you the right to distribute
binaries; the license does NOT guarantee receivers of the binaries rights to
the source code, original or modified. The BSD license is ideal if you wish
to release a modified codebase in a commercial setting.
We do appreciate being given credit if you distribute binaries, but it is
not legally required.
6. Disclaimer
==========
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGE.