Re: [Open_Gaming] Consolidated Remarks

[Rogers Cadenhead]

At 12:15 PM 8/21/00 -0500, "John Nephew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Linux is open source.  But does that mean that if I write a novel in a word
>processor on a Pentium box running Linux, that I have to (or ought to) open
>it to the public domain, and not get money from, say, a movie that someone
>bases on it?

I don't think the relationship between a word processor and a document is
the same as the relationship between an RPG and a novel based on the RPG's
setting. As I said originally, I don't know if it is correct to hold RPG
content to the same standards as open source code. We'll see as products
start to appear. I'm looking forward to seeing your company's D20 module.

Rogers Cadenhead
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Web: http://www.prefect.com
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