| Intermediate LPC first edition |
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| Copyright (c) 1993 George Reese |
| All rights to this text are retained by the author. |
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| Permission is granted to distrubute and display the contents of this |
| document in full so long as the following conditions are met: |
| 1) No payment may be received for the redistribution or display of this text, |
| except to cover the costs for distribution media and and shipping and/or |
| transmission charges. |
| 2) The textbook must be distributed or displayed in its entirety in its original |
| form. Changes may only be made to private, individual copies, except as |
| outlined below. |
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| Acceptable changes are defined as the following: |
| 1) Format changes, such as changing from WordPerfect to Word |
| 2) Medium changes, such as from electronic copy to paper |
| 3) Content changes are only acceptable under the following circumstances: |
| a) In electronic media: none of the original text may be ommitted. |
| You may add comments |
| as you feel necessary, so long as comments are enclosed in <* *> |
| and are accompanied by |
| the game name or real name of the author of the comments |
| b) In hard copy: none of the original text may be omitted, but it may |
| be struck out so long |
| as the content of the original text is visible. Comments may be made |
| in any form so long |
| as they are made in handwriting and they are signed by the author. |
| Comments which are typed or printed must be made in accordance with the |
| format for electronic media. |
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| Practically speaking, this is what I mean: |
| First, I wrote this mostly for mud admins to put onto their muds for learning |
| coders to read as they are learning to build realms. I did not do this for |
| someone else to make a buck. So if you charge money for redistributing it |
| or allowing someone else to see it, you are in violation of this copyright. |
| Unless you are simply charging for what it cost you to print up a copy or |
| what the diskettes and postage cost to mail it. |
| Second, I wrote this textbook, and I should receive credit/blame for what I |
| say, and others should receive credit/blame for what they say. For example, |
| if I said something completely wrong, and you simply corrected it, I would |
| be getting credit for something I did not do. Yet, if you comment according |
| to the outline above, you will be properly credited for your comments. |
| More important to me, however, is the practical effect of having hundreds of |
| copies of this textbook everywhere. If you change something I had right |
| without noting it as a comment, I will be blamed for spreading |
| misinformation. This problem is only compunded if the text is redistributed. |
| So I prefer my words to remain my own. But, when I make mistakes, or if |
| something I say does not fit your driver/mudlib, please comment it so people |
| will know. In addition, having the comments side-by-side allows people to |
| see other ideas, like how another driver might handle something. |
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| I want to please note again, you may display this on your mud (like in /doc). |
| You do not need to |
| mail me for permission. I would not mind email, since it is nice to know |
| people are using it, but that is not required. Also, if you really feel I have |
| done such a wonderful job that you should pay money to use this, then give |
| $5 to your local ASPCA (or international equivalent). |
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| See the file titled Contents for a full list of textbook chapters. |