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FrobTADS has been written as a replacement for the "traditional"
Unix-port of TADS, which has many problems and limitations, and is
difficult to maintain and change. The FrobTADS interpreter also
provides some features that the traditional Unix-port lacks, the most
important of them being:
- Automatic configuration prior to building; no need to edit
makefiles.
- TADS 3 color support and configurable default colors.
- Correct timing with timed operations (millisecond-precision).
- Input like in Frotz; cursor keys, insert, delete, etc., instead
of Emacs-like input.
- TADS 3 banners look as they should.
- You are not required to install the package prior to running the
TADS 3 test suite.
- File I/O initiated by the game will happen in the game's directory.
This means that you don't have to change to the game's directory
prior to starting the interpreter.
- Less source code (and also less complex), more comments.
- More portable.
The ultimate goal is to make FrobTADS compile and run out-of-the-box on
every system that has a curses library and a Unix-like shell available.
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TADS 3 FREEWARE SOURCE CODE LICENSE
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The TADS 3 source code is Copyright 1998, 2012 by Michael J. Roberts.
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The author hereby grants you permission to use, copy, and distribute
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this software, if you agree to the following conditions:
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1. You must include this license and the copyright notice with
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all copies.
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2. You may not require or collect a fee for copies of this
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software, or any part of this software, that you give to
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other people.
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3. You may not include this software with any other software
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for which a fee is collected.
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4. You may not modify this software except as permitted below
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(see "derivative works"), and each copy you make and
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distribute must be a full and complete copy of the software
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you originally received.
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5. Anyone to whom you give a copy of this software receives
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all of the same permissions that you did under this license
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and is subject to all of the same restrictions.
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6. You are not allowed to create derivative works, which are
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works that contain or are based on all or part of this work,
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except under the conditions described below.
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7. Any derivative works are subject to this same license.
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Derivative Works
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This source code is distributed for the specific purpose of porting
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TADS, so that you can run the software on any system of your choosing.
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All other derivative works are prohibited without the written
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permission of the author. I want to avoid the creation of variations
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on the system, because it leads to confusion on the part of users if
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there are multiple incompatible flavors floating around. However, if
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you have a specific idea in mind, I'd be happy to at least consider
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it. Please contact the author if you have any questions about this or
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if you would like permission to create a derived work.
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If you port TADS to a new platform, the author does grant permission
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for you to distribute your ported version - I encourage it, in fact.
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I ask that you include your contact information in any distribution
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package you create, so that users of your version will know how to
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contact you if they have any questions relating specifically to your
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version.
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