Search results

Are any of his older works available online, either free or at a reasonable price? I would totally run a one-shot game with an older ruleset and one of his modules if I could get my hands on it.

I'd be all over it.

UW, UIUC, and Rice. All for PhD's in Computer Science.

So I just got accepted to graduate schools in Seattle, Houston, and Urbana-Champagne, IL. Of course there are lots of elements in making such a decision, but I thought I'd query the collective wisdom of ENWorld to find out which of the above has a decent gaming scene. I know the...

Did I say it was perfect? No. But it's a damn sight better than saying "our way or the highway." Feel free to imagine the license being whatever license you like. Maybe the checkbox is between "You grant all rights to WotC" and "You reserve all rights". Having the possibility of reserving...

You missed the part where I said one could explicitly delineate not-open portions of a posting at the beginning of the post. Or just have a checkbox for each post "Does this post contain non-open content?" that defaults to unchecked. (This is functionally equivalent to my Creative Commons...

I could be wrong, but my understanding was that you could include an XP table, but not the XP table. I'll stand corrected if I'm wrong, though.

You'll note that the OGL places more restrictions on the use of the content they're releasing. For example, a clear designation that it came from OGL sources. Additionally, they give themselves the liberty of picking and choosing not just which publications, but which parts of which...

This product sounds like a definite buy for me. I've liked many of the mechanical changes in the 4e previews, but really dislike many of the changes in flavor and core assumptions. I really like the fact that Monte's BoXM seems to be bringing some of these improvements to 3.5e.

Would you care to enlighten me as to how the European Community patent practice differs? I know that patents exist on the other side of the pond, but I have no idea of the differences in implementation. Nor do I know if WotC has filed its patent claim for MtG in multiple jurisdictions or not.

If your cardgame had nothing else in common with MtG, you could pull that off. The full text of the claim is for the mechanic of activation by rotating 90 degrees within the context of a game with constructed-in-advance decks, if I recall correctly (feel free to correct me, I didn't go look up...

I'm not a moderator, but I'd like to remind everyone on all sides to remain civil. Direct attacks on other posters are not conducive to discussion, even in response to real or inferred insults. EDIT: Looking at the last few pages, there are definitely more than two sides.

Maybe I spend too much time in a world where IP agreements are very important. ;) As an aside, licenses like this are all about the worst case scenarios. As many have pointed out, the entire thing exists to protect WotC from a worst case scenario. If they're entitled to include language to...

OK, we're just squabbling over semantic now. In my mind there are three "levels" at which an idea exists: 1) It's actual physical manifestation. The precise words of how it is written. The art and layout of MtG cards, etc. This is protected by copyright. 2) The detailed ideas. The...

It's actually somewhat more complicated than that. Copyright protects one specific implementation of a game. If I were to photocopy and sell MtG cards, I'd be violating WotC's copyright. Patents protect a very specific idea. Even if I go out and make my own MtG cards that share nothing but...

Game mechanics can be patented. I seem to recall that WotC patented the tap mechanic in MtG. It's not very common, but it does exist. EDIT: Apparently the mechanics of Monopoly were patented as well.

Suppose they make the (false) assertion, for whatever reason, that they own your material. You file suit claiming that that is not the case, that they just have a license to use the material. You win, based on the terms on the terms of the license. However, under the terms of the license you...

If each of us that refuses to use Gleemax just sat here in silence, it'd have no effect. A boycott is only effective if enough people join it. And the part nature of this problem is that most people aren't aware of what they're agreeing to. So yes, it is "voting with your wallet." But this...

He didn't even mention the words "publish" or "sell" in his response. He said respect, which is completely independent of any plans to profit. Just because I have no plans to sell the text of this post doesn't mean that I don't care about retaining my rights to it.

While I agree with your objection, I don't think you're doing our side of the discussion any favors by misrepresenting (I'll assume unintentionally) the details of the license.