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diff --git a/pipermail/nel/2001-June/000453.html b/pipermail/nel/2001-June/000453.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ec846b9b --- /dev/null +++ b/pipermail/nel/2001-June/000453.html @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Nel] Congratulations + concerns</TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:ymorvan%40mrl.nyu.edu"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="000452.html"> + + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Nel] Congratulations + concerns</H1> + <B>Yann Morvan</B> + <A HREF="mailto:ymorvan%40mrl.nyu.edu" + TITLE="[Nel] Congratulations + concerns">ymorvan@mrl.nyu.edu</A><BR> + <I>Sat, 30 Jun 2001 18:53:33 -0400</I> + <P><UL> + <LI> Previous message: <A HREF="000452.html">[Nel] Congratulations + concerns</A></li> + + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#453">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#453">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#453">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#453">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Well, I think that the GPL, as opposed to LGPL, +is much more strict than you think, I've taken a few minutes +to go and read it thoroughly and it is quite clear. +Besides, its very purpose is to lay legal grounds to defend +the Free Software notion, so I think it is to be taken seriously, +and in my opinion, it is a good thing. +As for your scripting thing, I think we can devide rules in two +categories: +-global ones ("when a character dies, he returns to his binding point") +-detailed ones ("the damage formula for the needle gun is +log3(sqrt(z)-8x)") + +Like john said, the second ones will be reverse engineered (see the "big +three", whereas the first ones are so general that on one hand the idea of +a patent on them is ridiculous (though I think some fool as tried to +patent the whole MMOG or even PW concept) and on the other hand their +scripting is difficult. + +So there is no point at protecting your rules. + + Yann + + + +</pre> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI> Previous message: <A HREF="000452.html">[Nel] Congratulations + concerns</A></li> + + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#453">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#453">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#453">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#453">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> +</body></html> |