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Valg · 06-07-2005, 02:18 PM

Well, it's Medievia IV code, as confirmed by signed statements by Michael A. Krause (Vryce):

Code comparisons prove that Medievia IV is a derivative work, created by starting with DIKU code and modifying it significantly. (No one has claimed that Medievia V was written from scratch, or by any method other than being developed by modifying Medievia IV code.) This makes it also a derivative work. See the following link for the definition of a derivative work under US law:

A number of code comparisons are available here, with statistics accompanying them:

One I found particularly amusing was this comparison of a simple file:

Exactly the same, except Medievia took the time to rip out the author's names and put their own in.

How do you explain this, Soleil?

06-07-2005, 02:18 PM	#105
Valg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Home MUD: Carrion Fields Posts: 643	Well, it's Medievia IV code, as confirmed by signed statements by Michael A. Krause (Vryce): Code comparisons prove that Medievia IV is a derivative work, created by starting with DIKU code and modifying it significantly. (No one has claimed that Medievia V was written from scratch, or by any method other than being developed by modifying Medievia IV code.) This makes it also a derivative work. See the following link for the definition of a derivative work under US law: A number of code comparisons are available here, with statistics accompanying them: One I found particularly amusing was this comparison of a simple file: Exactly the same, except Medievia took the time to rip out the author's names and put their own in. How do you explain this, Soleil?