ROM 2.3 - Historical Codebase

About this resource

Original distribution formats
Both original archives are retained unchanged. The 2026-10-26 comparison matched all 148 file payloads and relative paths. Archive compression, packaging metadata and original bytes can differ. Existing licensing approval is retained; the historical descriptions below are preserved verbatim and do not replace the current listing status.

Preserved description from resource #652: ROM 2.3 - Historical Codebase
Original rom23.tar.gz, a ROM-family codebase derived from Merc and DikuMUD. This is a complete historical distribution rather than an individual snippet or patch.

Credits
Russ Taylor / Alander and the ROM contributors recorded in rom.credits and source headers. Inherited Merc credits include Michael Chastain, Michael Quan and Mitchell Tse. DikuMUD credits include Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Stærfeldt, Tom Madsen and Katja Nyboe. Preserve all individual area and contributor credits.

License and attribution
The archive includes its version of rom.license and the inherited Merc and DikuMUD notices. These contain attribution, login/help, notification, naming and redistribution conditions; wording differs between releases and must not be replaced with a newer notice. The included inherited notices also describe non-profit restrictions. Preserve every original license, copyright and credit. Licensing approval remains pending.

Compatibility and safety warnings
Mudhaven has not compiled, boot-tested or security-audited this historical software. Modern compiler and operating-system compatibility is unverified.

Review old startup/build scripts and server defaults before use. Test in isolation, back up existing worlds and saves, and do not assume releases share compatible data formats.

The unchanged archive includes historical runtime-data candidates such as player, board or system files. Review bundled data and account settings before running or exposing a server.

Original summary
Historical ROM 2.3 source and world distribution, preserving original documentation, credits and license notices.

Original author attribution
Russ Taylor / Alander and ROM contributors

Original credits
Russ Taylor / Alander and the ROM contributors recorded in rom.credits and source headers. Inherited Merc credits include Michael Chastain, Michael Quan and Mitchell Tse. DikuMUD credits include Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Stærfeldt, Tom Madsen and Katja Nyboe. Preserve all individual area and contributor credits.

Original license label
Original contributor and inherited license terms; approval pending

Original compatibility note
Historical ROM / Merc-derived C code and world formats; exact-release compatibility must be checked.

Preserved description from resource #796: ROM 2.3 - Historical Source and World Archive
Original rom2.tar.Z. Historical ROM 2.3 source and world distribution derived from Merc 2.1, with original documentation and game data in Unix compress format.

Credits
ROM by Russ Taylor / Alander and contributors. Merc by Michael Chastain, Michael Quan and Mitchell Tse. DikuMUD by Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Tom Madsen and Katja Nyboe. Preserve individual source, component and area credits.

License and attribution
Applicable inherited DikuMUD and Merc notices require retained notices and attribution and impose noncommercial and other conditions. ROM notices add release-specific login/help credits, notification and reserved-name conditions. Read the exact bundled versions. No unrestricted-use or public-domain grant is asserted. Historical contact addresses may no longer work.

README.rom identifies ROM 2.3. Its terms include pre-opening email notification, retained login credits, the reserved ROM name and derivative labeling/documentation requirements. Preserve the exact notice.

Compatibility and safety warnings
Historical software not compiled, executed, malware-scanned or security-audited by Mudhaven. Modern compiler, operating-system and save/world compatibility is unverified. Matching hashes establish byte identity, not safety or distribution permission.

Original Unix compress .Z container, not gzip. Old world, build and runtime assumptions need review before use.

Original summary
Historical ROM 2.3 source and world distribution derived from Merc 2.1, with original documentation and game data in Unix compress format.

Original author attribution
Russ Taylor / Alander and ROM, Merc and DikuMUD contributors

Original credits
ROM by Russ Taylor / Alander and contributors. Merc by Michael Chastain, Michael Quan and Mitchell Tse. DikuMUD by Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Tom Madsen and Katja Nyboe. Preserve individual source, component and area credits.

Original license label
Original contributor and inherited terms; licensing approval pending

Original compatibility note
Historical ROM-family material; exact release, platform, compiler and world-format compatibility must be verified.

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

Original contributor and inherited license terms; approval pending

Original Author

Russ Taylor / Alander and ROM contributors

Credits

Russ Taylor / Alander and the ROM contributors recorded in rom.credits and source headers. Inherited Merc credits include Michael Chastain, Michael Quan and Mitchell Tse. DikuMUD credits include Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Stærfeldt, Tom Madsen and Katja Nyboe. Preserve all individual area and contributor credits. Additional distribution credits ROM by Russ Taylor / Alander and contributors. Merc by Michael Chastain, Michael Quan and Mitchell Tse. DikuMUD by Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Tom Madsen and Katja Nyboe. Preserve individual source, component and area credits.

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