> > 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.
Sounds good to me. Ryan? Want to run that one by the 19th level lawyers at
WotC and see if it flies?
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