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I am trying to get all the necessary files to get a mud up and running, like cygwin, and i got the python scriptor. few things i need to ask though: is this all i need, and if not, what else do i need? when i get one started, i am planning to build a final fantasy mud, and would liek alot of help. i plan to do a ff7 area (the entire game areas) and i am going to ask a friend to help with ff8 (again, entire game). i need alot of help coding though. so any one that could help me learn to code, or help me with the mud, it would be greatly appricated.
thanks,
Tony
P.S. By entire game, i mean areas and monsters you fight, and possibly in-game boss fights. such as the WEAPONs from ff7.

Well, you need a codebase of some sort. Then you'll probably need a lawyer, as your second major step. It sounds like the plan pretty much is flat out theft of intellectual property, and, if it got to a point where it was noticed, would likely be shut down through legal action.

Yup, I'm sure the guys over at Square Enix have a group of people surfing the internet and the MUD world, targeting Non-Profit games that are made for fun. 95% of which include a disclaimer saying that all final Fantasy names, Trademarks etc. Are NOT their own, and they are in NO WAY making a profit nor are they connected with Square.

Obviously, you don't know about the EXACT Final Fantasy One Clone MUD that stayed up for a good time, and was NEVER shut down by legal issues.

There is no need to scare this kid with legal Mumbo-Jumbo. the odds of him getting even remotely persued by Square is if he made some amazing MUD that got national attention, where in he was claiming it was his creation.



(Comment added by Avarant87 on Thu Nov 10 11:07:00 2005)

Maybe you should go check the MUD listings under the letter 'F', and take a peek at all the 'Final Fantasy' titles, and ask ALL of those admins if they have been persued.

You needn't make a profit, be connected with Square, or any number of other things to be guilty of copyright infringement. You're probably right that Square wouldn't bother under most circumstances, but, all the same, it is flagrant misusage of another party's copyright, especially if you're trying to clone a game EXACTLY, except in a text format, as the original poster suggested. Just something to keep in mind.

I can't say I know anything about Square's approach to such matters.

But I can say, however, that I have seen muds hit with threat of litigation. It doesn't seem to happen as often as it does to, say, mods for FPSes or RTSes. But it does happen.

I assume muds just don't show up high enough on Google searches to be noticed.

thanks for the legal info, but i was more asking if i had all the stuff i need to start working on it. i have cygwin and a python scriptor, but i dont know if this si all i need. my other question was if anyone, when i got this started, was willing to help me. i plan for ff7, 8, 9, and possibly 10. if it gets good, ill do others, but those are the main ones first.