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KaVir, I did not fail to take that into account -- that is exactly what I intended to address. Labelling something as amateur does not necessarily mean "not professional" using the definition of "unskillful".
What I intended in the verbose clarification of the two words was merely to advance a clearer understanding of how MUDs could be labelled using those words. I believe that on the subject of labelling, altogether, we have the same philosophy: not naming something for what it isn't. The consequences of not heeding that point would be visitors to the site, using what I imagine are the generally accepted definitions of the words "amateur" and "professional", will see the labels and make judgments, filtering out criteria in searching for MUDs, for example.
That, of course, has an implication on the real issue at hand, over the term "free". I'm still thinking about that and might eventually add something worthwhile.
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