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As Cratylus mentioned, it may be thought of as a Diku derivative, but in all reality as long as it isn't blatantly a Diku derivative it shouldn't be an issue. Your players will only see what the game looks like from their end, and that is most likely all anyone that could/will complain will see, so if it looks Diku you will likely have players flaming and such, but in all reality you won't get sued or truly taken as a joke who lies about their work not being a derivative unless you take a stock codebase, edit it..sloppily, and then claim it's not even a derivative and that the diku license no longer applies to you because of modifications, like Mercthievia has done. And if you're not only worried about your reputation but actually being sued, don't, Mercthievia will never be sued even they could and arguably should be.
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