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Intermediate LPC first edition
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Copyright (c) 1993 George Reese
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All rights to this text are retained by the author.
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Permission is granted to distrubute and display the contents of this
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document in full so long as the following conditions are met:
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1) No payment may be received for the redistribution or display of this text,
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except to cover the costs for distribution media and and shipping and/or
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transmission charges.
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2) The textbook must be distributed or displayed in its entirety in its original
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form. Changes may only be made to private, individual copies, except as
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outlined below.
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Acceptable changes are defined as the following:
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1) Format changes, such as changing from WordPerfect to Word
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2) Medium changes, such as from electronic copy to paper
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3) Content changes are only acceptable under the following circumstances:
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a) In electronic media: none of the original text may be ommitted.
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You may add comments
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as you feel necessary, so long as comments are enclosed in <* *>
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and are accompanied by
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the game name or real name of the author of the comments
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b) In hard copy: none of the original text may be omitted, but it may
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be struck out so long
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as the content of the original text is visible. Comments may be made
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in any form so long
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as they are made in handwriting and they are signed by the author.
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Comments which are typed or printed must be made in accordance with the
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format for electronic media.
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Practically speaking, this is what I mean:
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First, I wrote this mostly for mud admins to put onto their muds for learning
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coders to read as they are learning to build realms. I did not do this for
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someone else to make a buck. So if you charge money for redistributing it
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or allowing someone else to see it, you are in violation of this copyright.
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Unless you are simply charging for what it cost you to print up a copy or
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what the diskettes and postage cost to mail it.
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Second, I wrote this textbook, and I should receive credit/blame for what I
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say, and others should receive credit/blame for what they say. For example,
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if I said something completely wrong, and you simply corrected it, I would
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be getting credit for something I did not do. Yet, if you comment according
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to the outline above, you will be properly credited for your comments.
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More important to me, however, is the practical effect of having hundreds of
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copies of this textbook everywhere. If you change something I had right
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without noting it as a comment, I will be blamed for spreading
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misinformation. This problem is only compunded if the text is redistributed.
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So I prefer my words to remain my own. But, when I make mistakes, or if
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something I say does not fit your driver/mudlib, please comment it so people
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will know. In addition, having the comments side-by-side allows people to
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see other ideas, like how another driver might handle something.
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I want to please note again, you may display this on your mud (like in /doc).
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You do not need to
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mail me for permission. I would not mind email, since it is nice to know
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people are using it, but that is not required. Also, if you really feel I have
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done such a wonderful job that you should pay money to use this, then give
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$5 to your local ASPCA (or international equivalent).
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See the file titled Contents for a full list of textbook chapters.
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