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Right, but the license for a codebase that includes anyone else's intellectual property is unlicensed unless they have a license. It doesn't matter if that IP is expressed as code or fiction. A Midkemia MUD that isn't conforming to the requirements of the Midkemia license (ie isn't owned by IRE) is operating without a valid license just as much as a DIKU MUD operator is when he's operating without a valid license.
I'm not trying to take jabs at you incidentally. I just honestly don't understand the double standards in the text MUD world when it comes to intellectual property. I know a lot of people who use other people's IP don't think there's anything wrong with what they're doing, but turn around and attack people who don't follow the Diku license. I just don't get it.
--matt
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