[MUD-Dev] code base inquiry

[Matthew Mihaly]

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Colin Coghill wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 06:50:53PM -0800, Ilya, Game Commandos wrote:
> > 
> > I just think that, on the whole, the community would gain from a
> > substantial swerve towards these unrestricted code bases.  When
> > I've got it all written out, if some remain interested, I'll post the reasons
> > I've come up with.
> 
> I'd be interested to read them, as my personal feelings lean not 
> towards stopping people making money, but definately towards encouraging
> people to put improvements back into the community. I feel that once
> money making gets involved, it acts as a disincentive to share.
> 
> When I write code, I'd feel somewhat "used" if someone snapped it up
> and used it to make themselves rich (like that's going to happen :) )
> without putting anything back.
> 
> Although I guess this is more of an open source/closed source issue
> than a free/commercial issue.

I don't really want to get drawn into an open-source closed-source issue,
but I will observe that every single stock mud (open source) that I've
seen is essentially the same. Same classes, same spells, same goals (ie
going out and bashing monsters). Perhaps this says something about the
ability and willingness of the open-source mudding community to innovate.
--matt




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