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Old 05-12-2002, 08:24 PM   #1
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Is it within the legal right to charge people off the ROM codebase?
let me better define my question, if a mud allowed 1 free account to a person but charged an extra 5.00 a month to have unlimited account's is it legal? or would it still be breaking the rom license?
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Old 05-12-2002, 08:54 PM   #2
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Such activity is prohibited by the license.
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so if someone wanted to do that they would need the creators of ROM to give them permission?
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Old 05-13-2002, 09:39 AM   #4
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I believe that restriction began with the Diku crew. I believe ROM is Diku/Merc/ROM... so to be given permission to open a pay-for-play mud, you would need to get permission from the creators of each codebase. Which, I believe, is not possible, since a couple have left the online community.

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i see but its still free to play, but just limited to 1 account, thats still breaking the licence?
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Old 05-13-2002, 06:02 PM   #6
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Yes, if you are making money then it is still breaking the license.
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thanks for your help
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Old 05-14-2002, 12:11 PM   #8
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Old 05-14-2002, 12:25 PM   #9
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There is only one license for DikuMUD, and it prevents you from making money. Merc is a derivative of Diku. ROM is a derivative of Merc. If you run a ROM, you cannot profit from it.
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By the way, there is also a DikuII (aka "Valhalla") which DOES have a commercial license. However there are no Merc (let alone ROM) derivatives based on it, and the license itself only applies to DikuII.
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