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KaVir · 02-24-2005, 07:01 AM

You're encouraging them to use your interpretation of the conditions.

A simple command of English lets one see that the licence actually states "You may under no circumstances make profit on *ANY* part of DikuMud in any possible way", and a simple usage of a dictionary shows that one "possible way" of defining profit is "a valuable return : GAIN".

So "nothing", then. Unless you count hiring someone to write a codebase for you, then licensing it to other people for 5-digit figures plus royalties.

So I did a quick search - my mistake! Apparently there are only four IRE clones. Hopefully Traithe will be able to do something a bit more original.

Of course you have a vested interest - otherwise you wouldn't bother.

Once again, ownership of the licence is entirely irrelevent - the licence is simply a means to grant permission to use copyrighted work. What you seem to be trying to ask is who owns the copyright, and as I've already pointed out to you, it's the Diku team. The US Copyright number is TX 4-424-366.

You mean if the wording is unclear, and the original copyright holder later clarifies the actual intent, what is the likely outcome should someone attempt to use their own interpretation instead.

"5) "If you don't defend your copyright you lose it." -- "Somebody has that name copyrighted!"

False. Copyright is effectively never lost these days, unless explicitly given away."

You mean "If the licence says I have to send an email, and that email bounces, does that mean I don't have to follow the licence any more?"? Come on, are you honestly telling me you believe that?

Your licence requires that the mud owner pay you a large amount of cash. Do you think that, if they send you the cash and for some reason your account refuses the payment, they are free to ignore your licence from that point on?

I believe these two are the crux of the situation.

02-24-2005, 07:01 AM	#38
KaVir Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Name: Richard Home MUD: God Wars II Posts: 2,052	You're encouraging them to use your interpretation of the conditions. A simple command of English lets one see that the licence actually states "You may under no circumstances make profit on ANY part of DikuMud in any possible way", and a simple usage of a dictionary shows that one "possible way" of defining profit is "a valuable return : GAIN". So "nothing", then. Unless you count hiring someone to write a codebase for you, then licensing it to other people for 5-digit figures plus royalties. So I did a quick search - my mistake! Apparently there are only four IRE clones. Hopefully Traithe will be able to do something a bit more original. Of course you have a vested interest - otherwise you wouldn't bother. Once again, ownership of the licence is entirely irrelevent - the licence is simply a means to grant permission to use copyrighted work. What you seem to be trying to ask is who owns the copyright, and as I've already pointed out to you, it's the Diku team. The US Copyright number is TX 4-424-366. You mean if the wording is unclear, and the original copyright holder later clarifies the actual intent, what is the likely outcome should someone attempt to use their own interpretation instead. "5) "If you don't defend your copyright you lose it." -- "Somebody has that name copyrighted!" False. Copyright is effectively never lost these days, unless explicitly given away." You mean "If the licence says I have to send an email, and that email bounces, does that mean I don't have to follow the licence any more?"? Come on, are you honestly telling me you believe that? Your licence requires that the mud owner pay you a large amount of cash. Do you think that, if they send you the cash and for some reason your account refuses the payment, they are free to ignore your licence from that point on? I believe these two are the crux of the situation.