From: "Brennan O'Brien" <veilheim@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: tft@brainiac.com
To: tft@brainiac.com
Subject: (TFT) Rules, Publishing and the World WIde Web...
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:03:18 -0700 (PDT)
Another hairbrained scheme....
--- John Paul Bakshoian <hailmelee@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: "Cas Liber" <casliber@ozemail.com.au>
> >Subject: (TFT) Rules, Publishing and the World WIde
> Web...
> >Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 20:44:46 -0700
> >
> >Dear All,
> >why are we quibbling about publishing rules?
> >
> >What is wrong with sticking things on websites?
> Then anyone who has a
> >printer can print what he likes and make his/her
> costomizable TFT
> >additions rulebook!
>
> Nothing wrong with putting your own created things
> on the website. Even
> mentioning an copyrighted item for the purposes of
> expounding your created
> item is OK (IMHO.) Its just that some of us have a
> Lawful alignment that
> makes it unethical for us to put someone elses
> copyright item up on the web
> wholesale w/o their permission.
>
> So when your compiling all the TFT talents that were
> published by
> Metagaming, Interplay, Space Gamer & other mags,
> postings by the group, etc.
> How do you do it right? (I'm not talking about
> worrying about getting
> sued. I'm talking about: is it violating your own
> ethical standard to do
> that?) It gets nebulous when it is a group of fans
> (fanatics) who are
> mostly trying to expand the data that is already
> there, but not ours for
> printing purposes.
>
> Perhaps a way to do it is Joe's concept for PBEM.
> He finds out if the
> player has a copy of ITL, AW, AM by asking them what
> is on page 32 or
> something like that. I'm assuming that all
> printings of ITL are identical;
> all the information is on the same page of any book.
>
> Therefore if we publish, lets say a Full Talent
> Chart, any reference to a HT
> copyright item could just list the name and page of
> the item with no
> description. That would mean that the book would
> still have to be used to
> get the data and that should perhaps please the
> courts.
>
> Sample:
> IQ 10
> BLOCK/COUNTERSTRIKE (2). This allows a 12+Dex
> character to fully
> block and counterstrike the same opponent at
> -4Dex.
> FENCING (3). ITL Page 13
> REMOVE TRAPS (1). ITL Page 13
> SCAVENGING (2). Allows character an IQ roll to
> see if he can
> pick up useful items in the local.
> COMPUTING (2). SG #24 Page 29 "More Talents"
> by Jo Blo.
>
> Just one possible solution to a sticky problem.
>
> Hail Melee
>
> John Paul
>
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