In a message dated 10/5/01 11:36:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I would say it encourages Open Gaming in general, as long as it is done intelligently. As pointed out by others, the route proposed for Action is not the most, um, well thought out, in general appearance. >> Gadzooks, it's not as if the text of the website *is* the license. That hasn't been finalized or released yet. Give us a little credit. <LOL> << Worst case scenerio: I get a wild hair up my backside and decide to screw GoldRush.. So I make a product, using their new system, which has obscure references to copyrighted material. They don't know it is copyrighted, and approve it.>> First off, references to copyrighted material is not illegal. Secondly, we would not require our approvals for the product in your scenario. << I then send a copy to the copyright holder, and dare them to bring legal action.. Then I quietly fold like a house of cards, but point them to GoldRush, saying 'They approved it and all that rot, go after the money and I will give you all the help you need..' Now GoldRush is the target. >> That assumes that there are no clauses in the license protecting us from such liability. But again, this is all speculation, and we're certainly not going to release a license that we feel puts us in a bad spot regarding liability. << Its all bad juju when you drag a third person into something like this. >> Agreed. << I am, however, looking forward to seeing what their gaming system is like, etc and may even consider something in that venue if their licensing gets sorted out in a manner that makes more sense.>> I'm confident that our license will be "sorted out" and will "make more sense" by the time it is released. << More games is always good.. More legal action is always bad ;) >> Hear, hear! Mark Arsenault President, Gold Rush Entertainment, Inc. | http://www.goldrushg.com Executive Director, The Game Publishers Assoc. | http://www.thegpa.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20% off all design & publishing packages! http://www.goldenpillarpublishing.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
