Well, none. And Graham leaves you all rights to the code you create
with Inform. You see, the games in the code format are copyright, not
the code format itself. Since you are not duplicating Infocom games and
distributing the parts that are copyrighted, you have no problem.
] What are the chances
] I'll be able to give out ZIP in the .ZIP file or on the diskette of this
] game?
ZIP is freeware. Just include a file that says so.
] How many computer novices will be turned off by or totaly unable to
] go and find an interpreter on their own -- even if I give an
] address/upload the interpreter to the same place/whatever? Do I really
] want to write my own run-time for Zcode?
No, ZIP is freeware. (repeated for those who haven't been paying attention)
] TADS comes with all that. The distribution options are clear in it's
] licensing agreement. If I have a question about distribution in a
] commercial sense, I know who to contact -- M. Roberts.
Yes, and with inform, you can contact Graham. (Don;t get me wrong - I am a
registered user of TADS. But I like and prompt all things freeware, and
because Inform is, I like it better)
] Don't get me wrong... I like Inform. I like it a lot. I worked on porting
] it to the PC, before Bob Newell's efforts in that arena far outstripped
] my own and I gave up and just compiled it for my personal use. My name's
] in the credits to "Curses", at which I was surprised and oddly gratified.
] I cannot decide whether to use TADS or Inform for the competition (maybe
] I'll finally do my proposed "Write a game that's the same in both systems
] and write a paper about the dfferences" project at the same time), but my
] choice for a shareware or commercial game would be clear -- TADS.
Fine. use it. ;^)
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