I know I will miss Zulg, and also Santa Zulg which was always something
that I (and many others) looked forward to. Every year his improvements and
additions were a breath of fresh air that attracted players, old and new alike.

With that in mind, I wonder if CF can benefit from getting more ppl to write code.
I bet there are many players who are experienced software engineers and write
C/C++ code for a living. I don't know what the process of becoming a coder
for CF is, so I have to assume that the usual factors come into play (trust issues)
and that one will have to go through the hero-imm, area writer and so on route.

I can only speak for myself, but this process is obviously very time-intensive and doesn't align
with my interests as a programmer; I love to program and I love playing CF but
not the other stuff.

I would like to write code, for free, that I would be also willing to permissively
license (e.g. BSD) or even completely give away by transferring copyright so that
it can be used by CF in whatever way those who control the IP think it should.
I would also be willing to sign an NDA or other similar contract. I know there are
others who can and may want to do this sort of thing.

Is this something that can be further discussed or are the staff members
completely antithetical to this idea?