Hello,
"Martin L. Shoemaker" wrote:
> (Seriously, Darren: hostile word choice provokes hostile reactions, and
> everyone loses.)
:-) Thanks, I'll keep it in mind.
> << What would
> you call someone who has put out 50 adventures based on the work that the
> community has done, possibly your own work in some cases, but yet has not
> contributed a single thing to the community, to you? >>
>
> A savvy designer who is leveraging the existing content base to provide a
> lot of value to the gaming community (in the persons of his customers) for
> very little extraneous effort. Also, very, very smart.
Martin, I really hope you don't mean that. Are you telling me that if I did the
work on a net Montrous Manual, you would have absolutely no qualms about taking
it printing out as-is, make lots of money, and then not contribute any open
content back to the community? That would be cool to you?
> This is more than semantics. It is connotations, and hostile intent. Those
> in the open source community adopted this definition because they wanted a
> term to express their negative views of the parties concerned. They were
> being hostile in their word choice. Just because they were being hostile is
> no reason you have to follow their lead.
Perhaps, but I've been racking my brains for something to describe the phenomena
as accurately. Unfortunately, I can't. Since I already promised not to use the
"L" word, I'm going to have to come up with something else. But nothing else is
appropriate with out the connotations attached.
> << If they contribute, they are helping. If they are not,
> but yet using the work the community has created, then they are hurting the
> community as less people feel a desire to contribute. >>
>
> No. I'm sorry, but no. They can contribute in a wide range of ways besides
> contributing open content. They do NOT hurt the community in this fashion,
> they help it.
We are talking about the open gaming community here right? Not the D&D network
community.
Have Fun,
Darren
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