> A search engine is not "gaming software" as the term is EXPLICITY USED
> in the definition of "Interactive Game" in the d20STL, go re-read it.
Gaming software isn't defined so it doesn't add anything except various
interpretations.
> BAH, reread it, the definition of "interactive game" as described in the
> d20STL
> does NOT, repeat NOT apply to all software. I don't care what you've
> "heard",
> or what Ryan has "said", what matters is what's in the legal documents.
"interactive game" MAY not apply to all software but without a legal
definition of "computer gaming software" you can't say what it applies to
and what it does not apply to. You can only guess. Safest interpretation is
that it applies to all software. With a proper definition a good laywer can
make a case that it does apply to all software associated with any form of
gaming.
> True enough, but you are missing the whole point. You are 100% correct if
> the word
> "gaming" is taken out of the definition of Interactive Game, but it is
> there. Therefore
> Excel, Search Engines, webservers, whatever are NOT interactive games
since
> they
> are NOT "computer gaming software"
>
> Got it?
If Excel is used to produce a spreadsheet that is a CharGen for D&D, is
Excel computer gaming software? Or is the spreadsheet file itself the
computer gaming software? Can a data file be considered computer gaming
software?
Software is far more complex than the simple and incomplete definition in
the D20STLG.
Robert Kozak
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