[DGD] [ANNOUNCE] Pre-Release of the Open Source version of the SkotOS Mud Library for the DGD driver

[Christopher Allen]

https://github.com/skotostech/skotos

# "SkotOS" Skotos Open Source Game Library

This is a pre-release version of the Skotos Open Source game library, aka
"SkotOS", written for use with [Dworkin's Game Driver](
https://github.com/dworkin/dgd), aka "DGD". It a fourth-generation text MUD
engine that has been in devopment and active use for almost two decades by
[Skotos Tech](http://www.skotos.net/) in a number of commercial web-centric
prose online games, including [Castle Marrach](
http://www.skotos.net/games/marrach/), [Ironclaw Online](
http://www.skotos.net/games/ironclaw/), [Lovecraft Country](
http://www.lovecraftcountry.com/comic/), and [The Lazurus Project](
http://www.lazarus-project.net/).

## Status

This version is very pre-release and unsupported — installation is
difficult, documentation is minimal, and a new web client needs to be
built. The main goal of this initial release was to remove proprietary game
content and and personal information from the commercial version used in
games offered by Skotos Tech.

We are seeking volunteers to take this code to the 1.0 level suitable for
anyone to quickly install the game and create their own web-centric prose
games.

## Copyright & Open Source Licenses

The library (SkotOS) and the shared game code and objects in this
repository or copyright © 1999-2018 by [Skotos Tech, Inc.](
https://www.skotos.net)

The library itself (all the portions written in LPC) and library
documentation are licensed under the [GNU Affero General Public License
3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html). All other
documentation, the shared game code and common objects (written in a
combination of Merry code & XML data) are licensed under the [Creative
Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0](
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) license. There is
no requirement to release your own game code and objects under any open
source license, but any derivative works of the library (AGPL) or
contributions to the shared game code and objects (CC-SA) must be released
under the same license. All uses of this code must prominently give
attribution to "Skotos Tech, Inc" and link to https://www.skotos.net .

## Contributions

We welcome contributions back to this library and to shared game code and
objects, but we do require a Contributors License to be signed by any
contributor. The contributors license is still a work-in-progress, contact
Shannon Appelcline <ShannonA at skotos.net> for more information.