[DGD] GurbaLib

[Jas]

David Jackson wrote:

>> Instead, I shelved the project (it's on a CD-R somewhere on my shelf, 
>> at least) when I considered that I might like to bring it commercial 
>> someday, or at least have the option of licensing it as such.  As 
>> much work has been done with LDMUD to cleanup the Lars/Amlyaar stuff, 
>> it's still a direct decendent from those driver lines and thereby 
>> subject to the same license restrictions.
>
>
> That's the biggest problem in the MUD development community today.  
> Thousands (dare I say millions?) of man hours have gone towards 
> developing libs, but no-one ever wants to release them (some for the 
> reason you stated, and thousands of other reasons as well).
>
> We have to keep re-inventing the wheel, over and over again.  How much 
> code, I wonder, will never see the light of day again?


When I switched game engines (from one prohibiting any/all making money 
of any kind, including donations, to one that provides a mechanism for 
licensing as a commercial application.... LDMUD to DGD), it seemed like 
the perfect time to start fresh rather than re-work that library into 
something it was never designed to be.

>> No, what's really needed is a new creation.  A new species, if you 
>> will, of game library for the DGD engine.  Something that can be GPL 
>> or BSD or whatever license you want, right from the get-go.
>
>
> And yet another mudlib is born, when there are several mudlibs that 
> need to be completed.


None of the existing mudlibs have what I feel to be a "loose" enough 
license to allow someone to make money off of it (donations, 
pay-for-play, or pay-as-you-go games) and/or to sell derivatives as new 
products (i.e., rebranding).  The BSD license mechanism would allow for 
either or both of those scenarios.

>> Thanks for your comments, though, as it's always interesting to hear 
>> from folks who have done mudlib work that's been released in various 
>> stages of completion.
>
> And perhaps not so interesting to hear from folks who haven't released 
> anything at all.


I'm sorry to have ruined your day.  Cheer up, Little Camper!

> David Jackson


Cheers,
Jason D. Bourgoin
aka Katmandu



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