Genesis Copyright

ColdMUD is copyright 1993, 1994 by Greg Hudson

Genesis is authored by many people, and is Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 by Brandon Gillespie, unless otherwise stated in an individual file.

The following terms apply to all files associated with Genesis unless explicitly disclaimed in an individual file.

The authors hereby grant permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and license this software and its documentation for any purpose, provided that existing copyright notices are retained in all copies and that this notice is included verbatim in any distributions. No written agreement, license, or royalty fee is required for any of the authorized uses. Modifications to this software may be copyrighted by their authors and need not follow the licensing terms described here, provided that the new terms are clearly indicated on the first page of each file where they apply.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR DISTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, ITS DOCUMENTATION, OR ANY DERIVATIVES THEREOF, EVEN IF THE AUTHORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. I.E. IF THIS SOFTWARE MAKES YOUR COMPUTER EAT YOUR HARD DRIVE, IT IS NOT OUR FAULT.

THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.

Genesis Credits

Genesis is a derivitive work of ColdMUD. The concise history of it, from ColdMUD, can be found in the CHANGES file. The name change is to make a distinction between the developmental time Greg Hudson spent (versions 0.0 through 0.10)--followed by various changes from a few contributors, including Greg Hudson (versions 0.11 and 0.12)--and those made under the management of the Cold Project.

The Cold Project is a conglomeration of programmers dedicated to advancing the driver and any relative databases.

The Cold Project is a free softare organization. If you enjoyed software the project distributes and/or maintains, donations of any type to continue their existance will be accepted. Donations may be made anonymously. All donations are used to continue and extend the Cold Project (The Cold Project maintains a server for development and distribution. Donations are regularly used in maintaining and improving the server. Hardware and monetary donations are both encouraged).

ColdMUD Credits

This program borrows many ideas from LambdaMOO, written by Stephen White and Pavel Curtis, and COOLMUD, written by Stephen White.

The database routines in this code originate from code by Marcus J. Ranum, although only the block allocation algorithm is currently similar to his code. The cache algorithm also uses his ideas.

The regular expression matcher used by Coldmud (regexp.c) was written by Henry Spencer.

Numerous people have contributed valuble ideas and debugging effort. Among them are Jay Carlson, Erik Ostrom, Matthew Rhoten, Loyd Blankenship, Gregory Blake, Jeff Prothero, Nils McCarthy, Brandon Gillespie, Ron Strait, Alex Stewart, Jordan Baker, Ryan Daum, Doug Orleans, Matthew Gray, and Scott Dickenshied.