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Shared String Manager 1.0 - Historical Merc/Envy Snippet
Historical Shared String Manager 1.0 by Melvin Smith (Fusion), providing shared-string allocation and integration notes for Merc/Envy-derived games.
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Historical Shared String Manager 1.0 by Melvin Smith (Fusion), providing shared-string allocation and integration notes for Merc/Envy-derived games. Package contents Contains ssm.c and the original README/HOWTO integration mailings plus ftp_game.org mirror information. Introduces usage-counted shared strings intended to address the older read-only string accumulation problem. Credits Melvin Smith (Fusion), Shared String Manager and Merc/Envy adaptation from MUD++. Jason Dinkel requested the OLC integration. Preserve all original names and headers. License warning The included ssm.c bears a 1995 Melvin Smith copyright notice. No blanket redistribution grant has been established for this exact release. Preserve its own notices and applicable Merc/Envy/Diku terms. Do not substitute the different wording in the later 1.4 release or series index for this version's notices. Compatibility and security warnings Historical Merc/Envy string-heap replacement, not a standalone game server. Changes to str_dup, free_string and fread_string must be integrated consistently. Mixing allocation/freeing conventions or platform assumptions can corrupt memory or crash the server. Back up the code and world data and test on an isolated development copy. Mudhaven has not compiled, run, or security-audited this package; modern compiler and operating-system compatibility is unverified. Historical contact addresses may no longer work. Archive integrity does not establish software safety or distribution permission.
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Historical Merc and Envy string handling; manual integration required. Modern compatibility unverified.
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License
Historical SSM copyright and inherited notices; permission review required
Original Author
Melvin Smith (Fusion)
Credits
Melvin Smith (Fusion), Shared String Manager and Merc/Envy adaptation from MUD++. Jason Dinkel requested the OLC integration. Preserve all original names and headers.
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