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MG Mud User88f12472016-06-24 23:31:02 +02001 Intermediate LPC first edition
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3Copyright (c) 1993 George Reese
4All rights to this text are retained by the author.
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7Permission is granted to distrubute and display the contents of this
8document in full so long as the following conditions are met:
91) No payment may be received for the redistribution or display of this text,
10except to cover the costs for distribution media and and shipping and/or
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122) The textbook must be distributed or displayed in its entirety in its original
13form. Changes may only be made to private, individual copies, except as
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16Acceptable changes are defined as the following:
171) Format changes, such as changing from WordPerfect to Word
182) Medium changes, such as from electronic copy to paper
193) 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
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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
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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
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33Practically speaking, this is what I mean:
34First, I wrote this mostly for mud admins to put onto their muds for learning
35coders to read as they are learning to build realms. I did not do this for
36someone else to make a buck. So if you charge money for redistributing it
37or allowing someone else to see it, you are in violation of this copyright.
38Unless you are simply charging for what it cost you to print up a copy or
39what the diskettes and postage cost to mail it.
40Second, I wrote this textbook, and I should receive credit/blame for what I
41say, and others should receive credit/blame for what they say. For example,
42if I said something completely wrong, and you simply corrected it, I would
43be getting credit for something I did not do. Yet, if you comment according
44to the outline above, you will be properly credited for your comments.
45More important to me, however, is the practical effect of having hundreds of
46copies of this textbook everywhere. If you change something I had right
47without noting it as a comment, I will be blamed for spreading
48misinformation. This problem is only compunded if the text is redistributed.
49So I prefer my words to remain my own. But, when I make mistakes, or if
50something I say does not fit your driver/mudlib, please comment it so people
51will know. In addition, having the comments side-by-side allows people to
52see other ideas, like how another driver might handle something.
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55I want to please note again, you may display this on your mud (like in /doc).
56You do not need to
57mail me for permission. I would not mind email, since it is nice to know
58people are using it, but that is not required. Also, if you really feel I have
59done 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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62See the file titled Contents for a full list of textbook chapters.