To me the 'legal' discussion is pretty irrelevant, since none of you are qualified lawyers, and in any case Americal lawyers seem able to twist almost anything in any direction they like.
However, from an ethical and moral point of view what Medievia did was shady, to say the least. Not only did they strip the credits out because they were making money from the code against the intent of the Diku licence. They also insulted the original coders in that 'History' link that Soleil provided.
Whether the wording of the licence is flawed or not, there is certainly no doubt about what the INTENT of it is. Ignoring that intent is unethical, and there is a pretty large concensus among the Mud ownerss about this. The fact that some who think differently are very vocal about it does not make them a majority.
For what they did, Medievia will always be shunned by decent mudowners. And since Vryce lied once, who'd trust his word again?
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