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19208: Re: [MUD-Dev] Information sharing (was: Re: Where are we now?)

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From: "Greg Munt" <greg.munt@btinternet.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 02:51:52 +0100
Organization: Kanga.Nu
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Morrow <Jon@Morrow.net>
To: mud-dev@kanga.nu <mud-dev@kanga.nu>
Date: 05 May 2001 9:06 AM
Subject: RE: [MUD-Dev] Information sharing (was: Re: Where are we now?)

> There are a surprising number of hobbyists that make their
> DIKU-based servers available to the public through their own small
> Web sites.  Wide usage rarely occurs, but old players often pickup
> the code and carry the game's legacy forward.  It's also common for
> owners to pass on their code to another immortal, player, or friend,
> and the results are the same.

I've noticed that (some? most? all?) mud sources only enter the public
domain when the mud has stopped running. Does this indicate anything? 
That mud sources become available because the mud they supported has
'failed' in some way?




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