God Wars Deluxe - Historical Merc-Derived Codebase

About this resource

Overview
God Wars Deluxe is a historical Merc 2.1 and DikuMUD-derived codebase by Richard Woolcock, known as KaVir. The original godwars-deluxe.tgz contains 140 files, including C source and headers, a Makefile and startup script, 61 area files, help text, and documentation. It is useful for studying the classic God Wars lineage and its world content.

Archive and provenance
Mudhaven hosts the original godwars-deluxe.tgz archive unchanged. Its SHA-256 hash matched the historical copy available from the Xrakisis Mud Site archive when checked. No source files, documentation, licenses, credits, or other archive members were edited, removed, or repacked. Hosting notification has been sent, as confirmed by the site administrator. Archive-site upload dates are not original release dates.

Credits
God Wars Deluxe: Richard Woolcock (KaVir). Merc: Michael Chastain, Michael Quan, and Mitchell Tse. DikuMUD: Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Tom Madsen, and Katja Nyboe. Additional source, area, and documentation contributors retain their individual notices and credits.

License warning
The archive includes doc/license.doc, doc/license.txt, and doc/license.gw covering the historical DikuMUD, Merc, and God Wars Deluxe terms. These are not an unrestricted-use or public-domain grant. Read all included terms before use or redistribution. They include noncommercial restrictions, notification provisions, preservation of copyright notices, required credits and login text, and preservation of specified Merc and God Wars help entries. On-site availability does not grant additional permissions or establish that every contribution is covered by later upstream license changes.

Compatibility and safety
Legacy C source intended for Unix-style tools. Mudhaven has not compiled or boot-tested this release. Modern compiler, operating-system, library, and 64-bit compatibility are unverified. Review source and startup scripts, build under an unprivileged account, and test in an isolated environment before public deployment. Initial archive inspection found no populated player or log directories; this is not a security audit, malware-free certification, or a guarantee that all bundled data is suitable for production.

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 DikuMUD, Merc and God Wars Deluxe licenses; see bundled terms

Original Author

Richard Woolcock (KaVir); Merc and DikuMUD teams; credited contributors

Credits

Richard Woolcock (KaVir); Merc authors Michael Chastain, Michael Quan and Mitchell Tse; DikuMUD authors Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Tom Madsen and Katja Nyboe; additional contributors credited in the archive. Original archive preserved unchanged; matching historical copy verified at Xrakisis Mud Site.

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