I have a concern about this idea. I am interested in this
as it mainly pertains to MUDs. One of the ways that MUDs
grow is by people playing a game, getting sick of it,
then starting their own to make a "better version" of
the previous game. Now, in the past, people could do
this, and the original owners might get upset, but
they couldn't do anything about it. I don't like the
idea of getting legal issues involved in the creation
of "content" for MUDs. I think people will see this setup
and claim that every little thing they make for their game
is their own incredibly special "product identity".
Then, if they see a similar idea or they know their players left
to make their own game and used some of their ideas (like
for a cool spell), this whole notion of PI will lead to
lawsuits or threats of lawsuits in an area where previously
people would...well...steal ideas and improve on them without
worrying about it. Being able to do this is what makes the
state of the art as it were advance more quickly. And
how will people deal with situations where two people
come up with "The longbow of purple chicken shooting",
and one of them considers it PI and wants to license it
to make money off it, and the other one just gives it
away?
John
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