> Sam,
> Would it be OK if I wrote my own computerised RPG which would share the overall "feel" and algorithms of Murkon's Refuge?
> I would be coding the entire thing from scratch without looking at one single line of your actual source code. But I would like to use the technical info you've published on RinkWorks as a reference.
> This cannot count as theft because I would not be seeing your original source code, but can it count as plagiarism?

I don't even know.

But here's what would make me happy. If you use enough look-and-feel and algorithms that it is more of a clone or spin-off of MR than it is a wholly original work within the genre, then I'd appreciate credit and a link to MR and the citation that MR inspired your work. Whether or not I'd have the legal right to demand this, I don't know.

But why not create something new? There is a lot of room within the CRPG genre for you to create your own gaming system. The end result will undoubtedly be better if you brought to fruition your own vision instead of mine.