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Actually, it's myself that I'm defending. The_logos claimed that myself and others were being inconsistent by defending mud licenses, while ignoring muds based on copyrighted themes (which is a slight variation on one of the more common Medievia sock-puppet arguments). Traithe's use of IP is still a copyright infringement, but it is a thoroughly different scenario to that of muds which rip out the credits and/or charge money.
Then why have you not emailed me asking for my permission before quoting my posts? And did you request permission from everyone else before your browser downloaded the forum pages? And - if you run (or have ever run) a Diku mud - did you contact the author of each stock area before using their work? If you've not, then what do you feel about those who do? Do you think that everyone should specifically request permission from the author of each stock area before using it?
No, they are complete opposites.
The Diku team have repeatedly spoken out against those violating their copyright, but have not been able to take any actual legal action. The Tolkien people have turned a blind eye to those violating their copyright (with muds), but have taken plenty of legal action (against others). The Diku team have made their wishes clear, but cannot enforce them - thus myself and others do our best to protect their interests. The Tolkien people have not revealed their wishes to anyone, but are perfectly capable of enforcing those wishes - thus I believe that it is best to leave it to them to deal with.
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