SPR Global Program Policy
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At Sociopolitical Ramifications, we've globally installed muf from
various programmers and coders from all over the net, and due to the
nature of muf programs, we sometimes find that we may wish to modify
these programs to suite our needs better.  To facilitate such, we've
come up with these following guidelines and rules regarding PUBLIC
libraries, and programs installed via a globally accessable action in
Room #0.  This policy only applied to these two classifications of
programs, those registered on #0 and those with an action sourced in
#0 and attached to the program.
 
1)  Public Library files.  All muf programs listed in the registry of #0
    should be freely modifiable by the SPR MUFwizard staff, without notice,
    but notice of such changes will be given to the author of the original
    program.  Such changes will usually only be made if we feel the program
    has one or more of the following flaws:
 
      a) can be used to violate SPR policy,
      b) does not conform to properties used by other programs of a
         similiar or related nature.
 
2)  Globals.  Globals are programs that are accessed by an action installed
    in #0, linked to a program.  These programs are typically always owned
    by SPR staff, but, there are cases where we permit the program to remain
    owned by its author.  These programs are subject the modification rules
    outlined above.
 
3)  Modification of Programs.  Should we find we want to modify your globally
    or publically available program, we will, when possible, attempt to get
    the author to perform the required modifications, as deemed necessary
    by the MUFwizard staff.  If we cannot contact you, or you do not wish to
    make the requested modifications, we will make a duplicate of the program
    and make our changes to this duplicate, and ask that your version be
    removed from public availability.  Naturally, to keep update procedures
    simple, we prefer that authors perform modifications themselves, in a
    timely fashion, when requested.  Exceptions to this, in which we will
    duplicate the program and modify before informing you of such changes:
 
      a) the program is causing errors for numerous users of SPR and we
         want them fixed immediately.
      b) the program violates policy, when used incorrectly, knowingly or
         unknowningly.
 
4)  Intellectual Property.  Every program installed and used on SPR belongs
    to its author.  Its author may request its removal and/or discontinuance
    of use, at anytime, without notification or plasuable reason.  However,
    we highly frown upon this act of inconviencing the other users whom may
    be using your program.  In the event that a program is removed without
    informing the MUFwizard staff of SPR, we may restore the program from an
    archival copy and make it available for use until a suitable and compatible
    replacement is found, the period of ninety (90) days has expired, or
    coded by our own programmers.  At the end of any of thse conditions, the
    program will be erased from SPR's database.
 
5)  The bottom line.  What does this all boil down to?  It comes to the
    point, that if you wish to provide your programming, for public usage,
    via a global action installed on #0, you should be willing to either
    make modifications at our request, or not mind us making modifications
    ourselves and informing you of such changes, including providing the
    source code that include our changes.  These policies are in place to
    simply protect the interests of all users of SPR, whom are using
    programs provided by SPR for thier gaming enjoyment.  If you cannot
    abide by these policies, or find them unacceptable in some way, we
    suggest you not offer your programs for usage via a global action
    installed on #0.