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Nice strawman arguments here, John.
A strong DIKU license doesn't change anything about how long it takes people to open a free MUD. It doesn't make it more difficult for them. However, it forces those with commercial ambition to invest something in their own work - an almost mandatory effort should I think, considering how all those pro-commercial folks are quick to point out just how bad the DIKU code is.
You're trying to make it sound like a harder commercialization of a DIKUrative gets, the harder it gets to set up a free MUD. This is obviously a complete falsehood.
Oh, and for the record, I'm coding an LPC mud, it's not open to the public, and given my progress rate, is unlikely to open within quite a few months.
Strong IP for MUDs benefits everyone, including the commercial ventures.
Funny you'd say that. Since the only people obviously weakening it are those intent on breaking it.
And they're not discussing morals either, they're trying to bend the license terms to suit their needs - then, when questionned about their motives, they still don't talk values or ideals, but quick, quick, come with the "hey, we're recoding from scratch, so we're the good guys, right?". And then there's Hephos with "commercial is good, giving credit where credit is due is bad".
I'm a very stupid person, with a very limited imagination and a rampant paranoia, you know. There's certainly a very reasonable, rational and simple explanation for all this, but I just can't figure it out. I'm perfectly willing to hear it, however.
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