> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Looney
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 12:45 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Open_Gaming] [ogf-d20-l] New to the list and have
> questions already
>
> The "rules" in question are d20 rules. Generate a random numbner and
look
> it up on a table is not a D20 rule. Ryan has said as much.
But the license hasn't. And the license -- once released -- counts a lot
more than what Ryan has said. If the license fails to define the term, some
court may have to, by expensive and annoying research or by judicial fiat.
What is wrong with hoping for the license to be more explicit? Maybe
something like:
"'Interactive Game': means a piece of computer gaming software that is
designed to accept inputs from human players or their agents, and use game
rules to resolve the game effects of those inputs, and return some
indication of the game effects of those inputs to the users."
This removes any chance that "rules" or "success or failure" could be
interpreted in a programmatic sense rather than in a game sense.
Martin L. Shoemaker
Martin L. Shoemaker Consulting, Software Design and UML Training
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.MartinLShoemaker.com
http://www.UMLBootCamp.com
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