> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ogf-l- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Mucchiello > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] "Stealing" OGC > > At 10:46 AM 5/31/2004 -0400, Doug Meerschaert wrote: > >At present it doesn't matter, as I have yet to meet a company that WON'T > >honestly answer questions and even give special permission--but what > about > >fifty years from now, when the company that wrote a popular game book is > >simply gone? > > (Milk flowing from nose.) > > Is that really a concern? I'm a staunch "clear OGC or nothing" person but > please, don't talk about OGC reuse 50 years from now. That's just over the > top.
Allow Doug some hyperbole. Then re-ask his question as "five years from now". That IS gonna happen, or at least is statistically likely: some company that has written some useful, desirable OGC will be out of existence five years from now, and asking for permission or clarification will be extremely difficult. Martin L. Shoemaker Microsoft MVP: Visual C# [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tablet UML: The UML tool you don't have to learn! Now for sale at http://www.TabletUML.com! _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
