[MUD-Dev] Source Code Release

[Richard Woolcock]

Greg Munt wrote:
> 
> This is something I've wanted to post on, for a number of weeks. My own
> project will be shoving out all of the development docs onto the web:
> specification, design, testing, etc. Shoving out the source code would be
> a natural extension of this. BUT.
> 
> I am wary of what will happen to my code - what it will be used to create
> - once I have made it available to the general public.

I'm also considering releasing some code, and have similar worries...
The real difference is that there is already an (old) copy of my code
which was stolen, and is floating around on the net.  Even if I release
my code, it was written when I was still learning C and some of it is
very badly written.

Could I really bring myself to drop such a mud on the mudding community?
No...not normally - but at least it would be far better than the hacked-up
mess floating around at the moment (which some people who have copies of 
are even selling, because I refuse to give out the code).

At least if I did, it would be the first (to my knowledge) 'stock' leveless
mud (merc2.1 based), which might at least bring a little variety to the
stock scene.

I did consider deliberately putting in a number of compilation bugs to 
put off the totally clueless (ie you would have to make some fixes before
being able to compile and therefore run it), but the trouble is I just KNOW 
that someone will fix those bugs and release their own 'version'.

Opinions please?

KaVir.