For Legacy Approval: Soul-Fu License

John Cowan cowan at ccil.org
Mon Jun 23 14:54:56 UTC 2008


Justin Dugger scripsit:

> THIS SOFTWARE MAY ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED IF NO MONEY IS CHARGED FOR THE
> SOFTWARE ITSELF, NO MONEY IS CHARGED FOR THE MEDIA UPON WHICH IT IS
> SUPPLIED, AND NO MONEY IS CHARGED FOR THE SERVICE OF SUPPLYING IT. IT
> MAY NOT BE SOLD, RENTED, OR OTHERWISE USED TO EARN MONEY, EITHER BY
> ITSELF OR AS PART OF A COMPILATION OR BUNDLE -- EXCEPT WITH EXPRESS
> WRITTEN PERMISSION. IF MONEY IS CHANGING HANDS, IT IS A COPYRIGHT
> VIOLATION! ASK FIRST! I WILL USUALLY GIVE PERMISSION TO MAGAZINES...

Violates OSD #1.

> 1. The title screen (WSPLASH), main menu (WMAIN), and "Be Nice" window
> (WMONEY) must remain intact and unchanged.

Possibly violates OSD #3.

> 3. This manual must be included.

Violates OSD #3.

> 4. The high standard of quality must be maintained. Official-ish
> releases should be voted on by members of the Official-ish forum, and
> the virtue system should be expanded. It must always change for the
> better.

Violates OSD #3.

> 5. The NICEWARE system must remain working and enforced - no "work
> arounds" may be made. In order to access all character classes, the
> player must type "I SWEAR I DID SOMETHING NICE" one time per session.

Violates OSD #3.

The OSD is available online at http://opensource.org/docs/osd .

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