From: "Christopher Allen" To: DGD Mailing List Subject: RE: [DGD]Patches Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:27:07 -0700 The line of demarcation is becoming more specific as we do some architectural partitioning out of SkotOS -- we have a number of layers above the kernel library: ------------------------------------------------------------- / Game \ \ World / ------------------------------------------------------------- / Game \ \ Specific Mechanics / ============================================================= ------------------------------------- --------------------- / WorldLib \ / IFLib \ | inventory stance pose | | | proximity details faces desc | socials verbs | \ exits gender volition physics / \ adverbs errors / --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- \ \ -- - - - - - - - -- / DevLib \ / ToolLib \ | Services Interpreters | | | | sam | dtd | | sid | devd || state | forms | sami | xmlgen | xmlparse | \ logd | helpd || | | / \ / ------------------------------------------------------------- / \ | System | | Library | | Object Services || Net Services | | || | | initd | idd | progdbd |syslogd || nptd | httpd | devuserd@ | \ | | | || | | / ------------------------------------------------------------- / \ | Kernel | | Library | | | | security ownership resources thread-local logon | \ storage / ------------------------------------------------------------- / \ | D G D | | | | LPC Compiler | Run-Time | Database | I/O | Parser | \ | | | | / ------------------------------------------------------------- It is the game world and game specific mechanics (such as the specifics of combat) that is the property of the developer using our libraries. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ . Christopher Allen Skotos Tech Inc. .. . 1512 Walnut St., Berkeley, CA 94709-1513 .. . o510/649-4030 f510/649-4034 ..