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10-26-2003, 10:14 PM

Right. Neither do I.

But the implications of that would be that it would be impossible for a proprietorship, corporation, or LLC to run a Diku server regardless of whether they charged for the service or not. For example, IBM or Bob's Hardware could not run a DikuMud server as a customer service or even internal message board. However a not-for-profit corporation or educational institution could run a DikuMud server regardless of whether they charged for the service or not. For example, a church, or the Boy or Girl Scouts of America could run a DikuMud and solicit donations via that medium. I'm really suggesting that all the talk about a commercial entity operating a Dikumud at a loss is moot if interpreted as for non-commercial use only. And that for-profit corporations and propreitorships cannot run DikuMud without violating the license. But of course the combination of lawyers and judges and money makes any result possible.

10-26-2003, 10:14 PM	#63
Posts: n/a	Right. Neither do I. But the implications of that would be that it would be impossible for a proprietorship, corporation, or LLC to run a Diku server regardless of whether they charged for the service or not. For example, IBM or Bob's Hardware could not run a DikuMud server as a customer service or even internal message board. However a not-for-profit corporation or educational institution could run a DikuMud server regardless of whether they charged for the service or not. For example, a church, or the Boy or Girl Scouts of America could run a DikuMud and solicit donations via that medium. I'm really suggesting that all the talk about a commercial entity operating a Dikumud at a loss is moot if interpreted as for non-commercial use only. And that for-profit corporations and propreitorships cannot run DikuMud without violating the license. But of course the combination of lawyers and judges and money makes any result possible.