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Samson · 06-20-2009, 02:51 PM

This is something Locke does every year about this time. Shows up on forums and demands credit for code he can't prove he even wrote, much less deserves credit for. The Isles OLC is his, but only people using that codebase, NiMud, or some version of ILAB could even be argued to be covered by his license.

But therein lies the problem. The code that was released got that way WITHOUT A LICENSE. There's no possible way anyone using it could have any idea who wrote it. Even the text of the ILAB distribution itself says The Isles OLC was released into the public domain - which means anyone can use it any way they see fit.

His claims that he is owed credit for any other OLC are patently absurd, he's demanding it if all you have is an OLC with the command name "redit" for instance. Well I have news, the partially complete OLC we had access to on Crystal Shard contained a command named redit, and the original implementors of the MUD said it had been in place since their initial launch. Which was in 1992 - before Locke decided to try and claim credit for having invented all this. I wouldn't doubt it if his initial efforts actually stemmed from the same source and he simply stripped those credits off like he's done to the Diku/Merc credits.

06-20-2009, 02:51 PM	#21
Samson Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: United Socialist States of America Home MUD: SmaugMuds.org Home MUD: Arthmoor MUD Hosting Posts: 249	Re: Compliance reminder if your MUD uses OLC This is something Locke does every year about this time. Shows up on forums and demands credit for code he can't prove he even wrote, much less deserves credit for. The Isles OLC is his, but only people using that codebase, NiMud, or some version of ILAB could even be argued to be covered by his license. But therein lies the problem. The code that was released got that way WITHOUT A LICENSE. There's no possible way anyone using it could have any idea who wrote it. Even the text of the ILAB distribution itself says The Isles OLC was released into the public domain - which means anyone can use it any way they see fit. His claims that he is owed credit for any other OLC are patently absurd, he's demanding it if all you have is an OLC with the command name "redit" for instance. Well I have news, the partially complete OLC we had access to on Crystal Shard contained a command named redit, and the original implementors of the MUD said it had been in place since their initial launch. Which was in 1992 - before Locke decided to try and claim credit for having invented all this. I wouldn't doubt it if his initial efforts actually stemmed from the same source and he simply stripped those credits off like he's done to the Diku/Merc credits.