On Tue, 08 May 2001, you wrote:
> You are assuming most MUD admins have the time and money to hire a lawyer
> and sue someone for infringing on their ideas. As a long time (now "clean
> and sober") Mud-addict I knew very few fellow admins who would do much more
> than crash the other guy's MUD if they thought he was stealing without
> permission. A majority of muds are "hobbies" and as such whether they
> claim PI or not I don't know that it is really an issue. And if it ever
> went to court it would fall under the same laws of copyright and trademark
> that any claim to intellectual property does so whether they claim
> something as "theirs" or not doesn't mean much if it falls outside the laws.
>
>
Heh, I think someone finally got at what I mean by the OGL not
restricting peoples reuse ability. If they could do so before OGL then
they will still be able to after OGL. And yes I certainly would not have the
time nor inclination to fight any court battles. That is another reason for
releasing under OGL, people can reuse as they want and I don't have
to worry.
If someone goes on and makes a fortune, well at least my name will
be in the credits :-)
>
>
>
> At 11:35 AM 5/8/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >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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