At 05:26 AM 9/7/00 -0500, J. Michael Looney wrote:
>Going to the web site _does_ explain the sort of well, odd, things
>that Mr. Macris was expecting out of OGL. To quote from their web site:
>
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>Your Problem: People call them the Boxopoly. Who are they? They are the
>retail publishers, and they control the game industry. They keep
>developers cash-starved and tightly leashed.
>
>Our Solution: WarCry is changing the rules of the game industry. We're
>bypassing the middlemen and bringing game developers and gamers into
>direct contact. We're empowering game developers to create, promote, and
>distribute their games without sacrificing their creative freedom. We're
>breaking the Boxopoly.
>==============
>
>Oh kay.....
>
Hrm. Sounds like what a lot of the independant comics publishers and the
creators rights movements were after in the late 70s->early 90s. Some of
them triumphed. Most of them...
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