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Children of the Night - Historical cotn4 Snapshot
Historical Children of the Night source and world snapshot derived from Dystopia and God Wars.
About this resource
Historical Children of the Night source and world snapshot derived from Dystopia and God Wars. Credits Children of the Night contributors; Xrakisis credited for class work; Jobo/Dystopia, Richard Woolcock/God Wars, Merc and Diku teams. Exact snapshot maintainer not established. License notice Includes Diku, Merc, God Wars and Dystopia notices. Included God Wars terms require express permission to run or distribute. Preserve all attribution, help text and applicable notification/noncommercial requirements. Licensing hold required; this review does not establish permission. Compatibility and security warnings Full Dystopia/God Wars-derived source/world snapshot, not a snippet. Contains connection/security/game/bug logs, staff-board content and shutdown output. Potential personal/runtime data must be disclosed; no runtime content reproduced in this report. Legacy threading, zlib and compiler assumptions. Source and scripts were not executed. Original bytes and included notices are preserved. Not compiled, executed, boot-tested or comprehensively security-audited. Historical contact addresses may no longer work. Archive validation is not malware clearance or redistribution approval. Archive format The original cotn4.tar is gzip-compressed despite its filename. Keep its original bytes and name. Use a gzip-aware archive reader. The filename is not proof of an official version number.
Compatibility
DikuMUD / Codebases; historical software; modern compatibility unverified.
A download checksum confirms file integrity, not security or runtime compatibility. Review the source and included documentation before running unfamiliar software.
Attribution stays with the work.
License
Historical contributor and inherited terms; licensing review required
Original Author
Children of the Night contributors and inherited Dystopia, God Wars, Merc and Diku authors
Credits
Children of the Night contributors; Xrakisis credited for class work; Jobo/Dystopia, Richard Woolcock/God Wars, Merc and Diku teams. Exact snapshot maintainer not established.
Download integrity
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