Subject: pocket fluff and black holes

From: [email-masked] (Chad Wilson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 06:22:34 -0800

Well, I should be studying for an exam, but I can't just quite get up the
urge to log out just yet.

I was made happy a week ago.  Here is what happened:

  I am wilson@mediamoo, and believe it or not, I produce generic's there. 
I don't program on LambdaMOO anymore, usually too much lag for me.  I got
tired of using different room hierarchies for different features i wanted
in a room.  So I dumped all the code from serveral generics on LambdaMOO
(Generic Detailed Room, Generic Seated Room, Improved Details Room, Secure
Room, etc...).  I then integrate all of their code onto a single room.  I
was happy, I had details, seats, and security the way i was used to it. 
Then I began adding lotsa of other things to it.  Integration of
descriptions (real objects and details, programmed by me from scratch), time
events (as programmed by me, also), and some other miscellany features.
  Well, in the the end, I had a pretty good room, so i made it fertile,
had it debugged, then added some more stuff.  You can now define the
standing_msg to be anything (My private room has people 'contemplating'). 
It's still being expanded as i go along.
  Now to the point of my ramblings.  My generic room has been ported to
other MOO's, w/o me being one doing it!  I feel good now.  I have become a
comtributor finally to the world of MOO generics.  I have attained
immortal status in my own mind.  I don't know if it's really healthy to
become attached to computer code, but I feel like a new daddy.  Some of
you may think I'm crazy (well, i am, but don't say it to me), but I am
having a blast now.
  I don't see how people can just use MOO's to socialise when there are so
many things opened up with programming.

#endrambling

#define STUDY for (int i=7;chapters=10;i++);

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From: John William Chambless <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 06:57:20 -0800

> become attached to computer code, but I feel like a new daddy.  Some of
This raises a question: what are the ethics/restrictions of porting code from
one MOO to another. I like to have the original programmer's permission, but
it's not always clear who the programmer IS.

I'd be curious to see what the general consensus on this is.
I realize that code used on a MOO and set fertile, is probably _legally_
in the public domain; I'd just like to have the opinions of programers as to
what the ethical implications are.
-- 
* In Real Life: Billy Chambless		    University of Southern Mississippi 
* [email-masked]

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From: Nicholas LaFlamme <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 05:16:37 -0800

My general opionion is that if the code is readable, it is public.  Of
course, as MOO code goes, I have no problem with folks stealing my code,
as that is the main way tha MOOs are improved.  Honestly, I would consider
it an honor for my code to be considered good enought to be copied.

					Nick