Brad Thompson wrote: > I will make one tiny revision > to the above statement. It IS possible to write code that is > 100% OGC in an interpreted environment, such as JavaScript, > VBScript, PHP, Perl or Python. In such a case there is no > compiled code to distribute, so there is no more difficulty > marking the OGC than in any text file.
So at least (in theory) it would be possible to write an interactive game using the OGL where... * all of the "data" for monsters, spells, chracters, etc. is in an open format (say d20-XML) and is declared to be 100% OGC * all of the functions and algorithms to resolve combat, calculate encumbrance, etc. are written in an interpreted language and appropriately commented * image libraries, 3d graphics engine, 3d sound engine, recorded speech, cut-scenes, etc. are all in closed binaries I'm no expert, but it seems there is precedence to create software where a portion is compiled binaries and a portion is interpreted. Aren't there other games (FPS's?) that use scripting for the AI instructions? Isn't NWN[*] going to use a scripting language to describe the encounters/modules? >From a business standpoint, it seems to work as well. What must be closed, stays closed and what must be open doesn't hurt you too much to open. You must open the algorithms based on the SRD but this helps you out in the end. Can you imagine the field day the rules lawyers will have with this code? It will only get tighter in the end. Sure, the next guy gets the benefit of your effort to write the algorithms for free but it seems a reasonable price to pay. You still get to close (keep closed) your setting material, the imagery, the graphics engine, and the natural language recognition engine :) Weldon Dodd [EMAIL PROTECTED] * BTW, does anyone know what is happening with Neverwinter Nights? I just saw a note that the NWN message boards at Black Isle have been taken down. Black Isle says that they can't disclose why the boards are gone. Speculation is that there is a rift between Interplay and Black Isle over a lawsuit between the two companies and things are starting to get nasty. _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
