Clauses for any Net-Marks Software for Asheron's Call

This software is freeware to any member of the Guardians of Dereth past, present, or future. Members can be found on the Harvestgain server. For more information, please visit their web site:

• http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/halkennews/

This software is also freeware to all current acting members of the AC Warcry staff in good standing. I extend this as a token of gratitude for all the hard work they do, and their assistance in helping to make certain features of this program viable. And heck, the fact that I used to volunteer there. Please visit their web site:

• http://ac.warcry.com/

And this software is also freeware to all contributing members in good standing of the ongoing mapping effort known as Asheron's Call Maps (AC MAPS) found at:

• http://www.acmaps.com/

Additionally, this software is also freeware to all current acting members of the Asheron's Call Environmental Defense League (ACEDL) in good standing. This is also extended to any person or persons who have donated pyreals to the ACEDL past, present, or future. Please visit their web site:

• http://acedl.buwahaha.com/

Of course, this software is also freeware to all employees of Turbine, Inc. past, present, or future. It being the least I could do, considering that without their having created Asheron's Call in the first place then Stacy-Ann and I never would have had the ideas for any of these programs and I never would have spent the time to write them in an effort to support their creation. And although you probably already know this, their web site is:

• http://www.turbinegames.com/
• http://www.turbine.com/
• http://ac.turbine.com/

This software is also freeware to all MSN Gaming Zone employees past, present, or future, who help in any way, shape, or form to assist with the daily operations of Asheron's Call. This includes, but is not limited to, Sentinels, Advocates, Chancellors, etc. After all it is their daily efforts which help keep the game running.

And finally, this software is also freeware to any and all VIPs (anyone who is an Administrator or Moderator) on the AC Third Party Development Community forums found at:

• http://forums.acdev.org/

For all others, this software is pyrealware.

What this means is that if you see my character, Circeus, in game on Harvestgain, and you are using this software regularly, then you should feel honor bound to give him a stipend of no less than 500 pyreals, and up to whatever you feel this software is worth for its use. Trade notes and other items of equal value are welcome.

And if you're not on Harvestgain, then you should feel honor bound to donate those pyreals to the ACEDL and support a worthy cause.

If you do not meet any of the above requirements for use of this software then you are in violation of this licensing agreement.

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"So what?" you say.
"Hah!" you mock.
"Yeah right!" you scoff.

After all what can I do to you if you don't comply? I mean, I'm not a big mega-corporation with countless lawyers on hand to hunt you down with subpoenas, summons, and cease and desist orders. And even if I were, how would I know to come after you? And if I did, why would I? And since I'm not, don't, don't, and wouldn't, you'll just go about using this software without worrying about me coming and breathing down your neck or beating down your door.

However... there's a catch. For those of you who mock and scoff, I have chosen to take the path of my ancestors, the gypsies. Now, not only did gypsies roam and throw great parties, but they also knew how to properly deal with those who mock and scoff. And so, in their honor, for those of you who mock and scoff, I dub this software curseware.

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What this means is that by using this software in spite of not meeting any of the freeware or pyrealware conditions mentioned above, then you are accepting the following curse which I lay upon your characters:

May the lice of ten thousand Hoary Mattekar infest their loins, their feet smell worse than those of a Banderling Breeder, their breath worse than an Olthoi Noble and an Ash Gromnie combined, an Inferno singe their eyebrows, and may they get filtered by a Coral Golem, dress worse than a Revenant, fall off the highest cliffs, be subsumed by a K'nath, be forced to eat Mosswart (no, it doesn't taste like chicken), their only guides be portal storms, and, of course, their Wi-Flags be set.

And if any of these should happen to occur to your characters, then you now have only yourself to blame. You can't even blame the Devs. Its nobody's fault but your own -- not mine, not the rest of the Guardians of Dereth, not Crossroads of Dereth, not the ACEDL, not Turbine, not Microsoft, etc. Just you. And by using this software, you accept this fate.

And thanks to Sybex, Inc. for publishing the AC Strategy Guide and the AC:DM Strategy Guide.

This software is not affiliated with Turbine, Inc.

ASHERON'S CALL is a subscription game requiring an active Internet connection.

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