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From the Wikipedia link Shane provided - Fan art is usually a violation of the original creator's copyright, but since it is usually intended as a tribute, the copyright holders tend to tolerate (and oftentimes even encourage) it, though some artists will not tolerate fanart of their creations being sold for a profit.
From this, it seems clear that MUDS based on published works would be in violation of copyright which the original copyright holder has decided to take no action to halt. Which seems very similar to the entire DIKU situation - at least from where I stand. If the MUD community wants to enforce one - shouldn't it enforce all?
Sombalance
-who now hopes there isn't a special hell for people who quote from the Wikipedia.
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