Cat's Haven Copyright Policies
The collective work which is Cat's Haven (the database, muf and mpi programs, and any and all auxiliary files) is copyright by the Cat's Haven Wizards, and as such may not be copied in whole or in part by anyone without the express written consent of the Wizards. The name "Cat's Haven" is also copyright.
The following conditions apply:

1) Characters:

Individual characters (descriptions, associated text and work solely added by a player) belong to the individual player and maybe copyright by that player. Cat's Haven does NOT claim copyright on individual character descriptions. It is understood however that in the act of a player uploading character descriptions to Cat's Haven, Cat's Haven will store, serve, and archive such descriptions of the character and its creations (rooms/belongings/programs) as required to facilitate the operation of the game.

2) Programming

Programming works (MUF/MPI programs, user provided extensions to the game) will be permitted to be uploaded and used on Cat's Haven and the individual copyright will be retained by the author of such programs. It is understood however that Cat's Haven will store, serve, and archive such programs as required to facilitate the operation of the game.

3) Areas

Publicly accessible areas (areas that can be entered by any exit not locked against use by a character, or teleported into, or pecifically set Link-ok or Abode) remain the property of the creator/author and as such are not claimed copyright by Cat's Haven. It is understood however that such text/descriptions/programming of rooms and exits will be stored, served, and archived by Cat's Haven for the benefit of its players and operation of the game. Should you seek to remove such a public use area from Cat's Haven you grant the Wizards a reasonable time to seek and provide replacement of your area. Should the area be removed without reasonable notice or time to provide replacement, the Wizards may provide archival copies of your area for a reasonable length of time to facilitate the operation of the game.

4) Donations

You may donate to the public use of Cat's Haven any area/program/work you create and as such release your claim of copyright. Such areas/programs/works will then become the property of Cat's Haven to be controlled by the Wizard core. Donations of such material must be clearly communicated to a wizard and arrangements will be made to transfer ownership.

5) Server Code

The Server code itself (Fuzzball) is NOT copyright by Cat's Haven, though may be copyright in whole or in part by others. See copyright notices included in the Fuzzball distribution.

In other words... Thou Shalt NOT Copy!! ;)
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