Re: [MUD-Dev] Custom Server Roll Call?

[Matthew Mihaly <diablo#best,com>]

On Sat, 8 May 1999, Jon A. Lambert wrote:

> On 6 May 99,, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
> > "Jon A. Lambert" wrote:
> 
> What I am trying to say is these precautions are totally unnecessary.  
> In fact someone who creates a MUD based exactly on the AD&D system can 
> shout to the rooftops that they had the Dungeon Masters Guide in their 
> left hand while they did it.
> 

I'd be awfully cautious about this. Business systems are now patentable
(Priceline.com, for instance, has applied for about 20 patents for its
reverse-auction procedures, and gotten at least 2 that I know of), and I
see no reason why the same logic couldn't be applied in the future to a
game system.

--matt




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