MG Mud User | 88f1247 | 2016-06-24 23:31:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | Intermediate LPC first edition |
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| 3 | Copyright (c) 1993 George Reese |
| 4 | All rights to this text are retained by the author. |
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| 6 | |
| 7 | Permission is granted to distrubute and display the contents of this |
| 8 | document in full so long as the following conditions are met: |
| 9 | 1) No payment may be received for the redistribution or display of this text, |
| 10 | except to cover the costs for distribution media and and shipping and/or |
| 11 | transmission charges. |
| 12 | 2) The textbook must be distributed or displayed in its entirety in its original |
| 13 | form. Changes may only be made to private, individual copies, except as |
| 14 | outlined below. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Acceptable changes are defined as the following: |
| 17 | 1) Format changes, such as changing from WordPerfect to Word |
| 18 | 2) Medium changes, such as from electronic copy to paper |
| 19 | 3) Content changes are only acceptable under the following circumstances: |
| 20 | a) In electronic media: none of the original text may be ommitted. |
| 21 | You may add comments |
| 22 | as you feel necessary, so long as comments are enclosed in <* *> |
| 23 | and are accompanied by |
| 24 | the game name or real name of the author of the comments |
| 25 | b) In hard copy: none of the original text may be omitted, but it may |
| 26 | be struck out so long |
| 27 | as the content of the original text is visible. Comments may be made |
| 28 | in any form so long |
| 29 | as they are made in handwriting and they are signed by the author. |
| 30 | Comments which are typed or printed must be made in accordance with the |
| 31 | format for electronic media. |
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| 33 | Practically speaking, this is what I mean: |
| 34 | First, I wrote this mostly for mud admins to put onto their muds for learning |
| 35 | coders to read as they are learning to build realms. I did not do this for |
| 36 | someone else to make a buck. So if you charge money for redistributing it |
| 37 | or allowing someone else to see it, you are in violation of this copyright. |
| 38 | Unless you are simply charging for what it cost you to print up a copy or |
| 39 | what the diskettes and postage cost to mail it. |
| 40 | Second, I wrote this textbook, and I should receive credit/blame for what I |
| 41 | say, and others should receive credit/blame for what they say. For example, |
| 42 | if I said something completely wrong, and you simply corrected it, I would |
| 43 | be getting credit for something I did not do. Yet, if you comment according |
| 44 | to the outline above, you will be properly credited for your comments. |
| 45 | More important to me, however, is the practical effect of having hundreds of |
| 46 | copies of this textbook everywhere. If you change something I had right |
| 47 | without noting it as a comment, I will be blamed for spreading |
| 48 | misinformation. This problem is only compunded if the text is redistributed. |
| 49 | So I prefer my words to remain my own. But, when I make mistakes, or if |
| 50 | something I say does not fit your driver/mudlib, please comment it so people |
| 51 | will know. In addition, having the comments side-by-side allows people to |
| 52 | see other ideas, like how another driver might handle something. |
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| 55 | I want to please note again, you may display this on your mud (like in /doc). |
| 56 | You do not need to |
| 57 | mail me for permission. I would not mind email, since it is nice to know |
| 58 | people are using it, but that is not required. Also, if you really feel I have |
| 59 | done such a wonderful job that you should pay money to use this, then give |
| 60 | $5 to your local ASPCA (or international equivalent). |
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| 62 | See the file titled Contents for a full list of textbook chapters. |