DGD 1.4 Open Source Release

[Dworkin]

DGD 1.4 can be downloaded from:

    http://dgd-osr.googlecode.com/files/dgd-1.4.tar.gz

DGD is a rewrite from scratch of the LPMud server.  It runs on Windows, MacOS and many versions of Unix.  Binaries and source for the latest stable release of DGD can be found at:

    http://code.google.com/p/dgd-osr/

DGD's home page is at:

    http://www.dworkin.nl/dgd/

[chaos]

Hey, that's exciting news.  Well done, Felix!

[Dworkin]

Correction: it appears that Google doesn't like the AGPL.  Weird.

Site changed to: https://sourceforge.net/projects/dgd-osr/

[Zod]

it appears that Google doesn't like the AGPL.  Weird.

Not so weird. A heap of Google's infrastructure is built by taking open source code (MySQL, Linux, SVN, etc) and running it as a service without releasing their changes back into the wild.
The purpose of the AGPL is to protect against that kind of model, so Google doesn't like the AGPL.
 
That's why I put all my projects on bitbucket and/or sourceforge rather than google code.

But, back on the main topic, big thanks to Dworkin for releasing the code to 1.4 under such a license.
It's a pity that the code for DGDMP won't make it out of the homestead, but I totally understand your reasons.

[Dunkelheit]

This is great news, thanks a lot for your hard work!

[wodan]

If someone has FluffOS compatibility code for DGD, I have a fairly large mud I'd like to try on it

[Dworkin]

If someone has FluffOS compatibility code for DGD, I have a fairly large mud I'd like to try on it

In the past, most attempts to write a compatibility layer have floundered because they were written in LPC.  Closures and function pointers are not so easy to emulate.  But here is one such layer:

    http://ftp.dworkin.nl/dgd/lib/MudOSa4DGD-30.06.98.tar.gz

[wodan]

I notice that lacks all the function pointer stuff, I really need those! Oh well, perhaps someone will get inspired by the new license.

[chaos]

A DGD function pointer is a two-element array with an object in the first element and a method name in the second.

[Dworkin]

A DGD function pointer is a two-element array with an object in the first element and a method name in the second.

Better yet, a light-weight object holding those.

[Kalinash]

I notice that lacks all the function pointer stuff, I really need those! Oh well, perhaps someone will get inspired by the new license.

Patients young grasshopper...