On Wed, 29 Nov 2017, Aris Merchant wrote:
What would people think of a proposal actually specifying that Agorans
all share copyright over the rules (and the gamestate in general) and
that they are licensed under X licence? I don't think this would ever
actually be a problem, but it's probably better to make it clear so
that it can't be. Also, what license would be appropriate (public
domain is a pretty strong contender, because that's basically the
situation now)?
Although I'm working only from impression myself, I don't think copyright
law works that way. Any actual copyright reassignement or licensing
requires the explicit permission of every person who's contributed
nontrivially to the current rules.
If it actually _is_ a problem, it's terribly complicated to fix, possibly
impossible (we might not be able to _find_ every contributor). Agora was
created during a time when no one cared about copyright for stuff like
this. Barn doors and horses.
Greetings,
Ørjan.
-Aris
On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 8:59 PM, Owen Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote:
On Nov 24, 2017, at 2:24 AM, Kerim Aydin <[email protected]> wrote:
I don't recall who drew that particular image. But the heraldic description was
mandated by a proposal by GreyKnight adopted in 2007 (it was later made into
a rule):
Proposal 4898 by Greyknight, AI=1, Ordinary
Agoran Arms
The coat of arms of Agora is defined by the following blazon:
Tierced palewise sable, argent, and sable, charged with a quill and an
axe in saltire, proper, and in the chief a capital letter A, gules.
When any Player requires an image that e may use to represent Agora or
the interests thereof, e must use an image which accurately depicts the
blazon presented here.
Thanks.
I ended up using it, with some hesitation, for the app icon for
https://github.com/ojacobson/cadastre/
<https://github.com/ojacobson/cadastre/>. To see it in action you have to have
a Heroku account - it’s only displayed during setup, when you click the “Deploy to
Heroku” button in the README.
-o
