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ROM 2.3 - Historical Source and World Archive
Historical ROM 2.3 source and world distribution derived from Merc 2.1, with original documentation and game data in Unix compress format.
About this resource
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.
Compatibility
Historical ROM-family material; exact release, platform, compiler and world-format compatibility must be verified.
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Attribution stays with the work.
License
Original contributor and inherited terms; licensing approval pending
Original Author
Russ Taylor / Alander and ROM, Merc and DikuMUD contributors
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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