IMOP if someone starts to sell gameboxes then the designer of the original game that the GB is based on is going to start scutinizing Cyberboard and this will open a Pandoras Box that we dont want opened...
On 10/25/07, Joel Uckelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thus spake "darylndrsn": > > Jim, I agree wholeheartedly. > > > > But one designer whose consent to a design I was seeking asked about > > selling the CB end product - probably due to awareness of ADC2 and the > > fact that some of those modules are sold or of the recent appearance > > of for-sale DTP-Vassal modules. > > > > I was trying to reassure him that beyond my own expectations the sale > > of Cyberboard gameboxes was expressly forbidden by the terms of use of > > CB itself. I am just asking if anyone recalls seeing that proviso > > stated on or in the CB docs somewhere. > > > > tnx all > > D. > > > > (I'm not a lawyer, this is not legal advice. Any or all of this may > be false.) > > The gamebox designer should have copyright over the gamebox itself (not > necessarily the art used in the gamebox, if it's original, or the text > if there are cards---but the gamebox as a collection of these things). > If the gamebox designer doesn't grant anyone the right to sell the > gamebox, > then they arne't legally entitled to do so. The question of restrictions > on Cyberboard is moot, since copyright over the gamebox takes care of it. > > -- > J. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
