From 1662fa71723d02b0febc3fc26997467436dc82fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Dennis Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:26:10 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add top-level LICENSE file (Artistic-1.0 + revised TinyMUD notice) Restate the existing license in a root-level file so GitHub's license detector recognizes it. Mirrors mux/include/copyright.h and debian/copyright; no change to actual licensing terms. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) --- LICENSE | 170 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 170 insertions(+) create mode 100644 LICENSE diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b45b0a435 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +TinyMUX License +=============== + +TinyMUX is distributed under the OSI-approved Artistic License (version 1.0). +Portions derived from TinyMUD additionally carry the revised TinyMUD copyright +notice reproduced below. Both apply; this file restates the licensing already +declared in mux/include/copyright.h and debian/copyright, gathered here in a +single discoverable location. The machine-readable debian/copyright file is the +authoritative per-file manifest. + + +Copyright +--------- + + MUX Source Code (version 2.0 through 2.14). + Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Solid Vertical Domains, Ltd. + Copyright (C) 2005-2020 Stephen Dennis + + TinyMUX Source Code (versions 1.0 through 1.6) + Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, David Passmore. + + TinyMUSH 2.2 Source Code + Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, Lydia Leong, + Jean Marie Diaz, and Deborah Wilson-Hooker. + + TinyMUSH 2.0 Source code + Copyright (c) 1991, Joseph Traub and Glenn Crocker. All rights reserved. + + Based on TinyMUD code + Copyright (c) 1995, David Applegate, James Aspnes, Timothy Freeman, + and Bennet Yee. 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