Merc 1.0 - Samson GCC4 Compatibility Update

This 85-file distribution retains Merc 1.0 source, world data, and documentation with the compatibility changes credited to Samson in its README. The filename's cleaned label belongs to the supplied historical distribution; Mudhaven has not cleaned, modernized, or repacked it.

Merc terms appear in merc/README.TXT; the inherited Diku license is merc/doc_diku/license.doc. Startup instructions include a privileged initial-administrator mode that must not be exposed to players. Historical documentation and contact details may be obsolete.

Compatibility and security
Historical C/Unix source updated for GCC4 in 2006. Current compiler and operating-system compatibility is unverified. Not compiled, boot-tested, or security-audited by Mudhaven.

Licensing
The bundled Diku terms include restrictions on commercial use and distribution charges, preservation of notices, publication and operation notifications, and login/credits attribution. Merc terms and contributor-specific notices also apply. Diku's later LGPL announcement does not automatically relicense derivative work. This description is not permission evidence; read the included documents before use or redistribution.

Merc by Michael Chastain (Furey), Michael Quan (Kahn), and Mitchell Tse (Hatchet). DikuMUD by Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Tom Madsen, and Katja Nyboe. The included README credits Samson with the GCC4 compatibility update dated 22 February 2006. Preserve all original source, documentation, area, and contributor notices. Mudhaven claims no authorship of these distributions.