RE: Lunar Battle

Hmmmmmmmm...

Well I'm going to step on some toes here, but what the hell... ;-)

I'm going to side with Jess on this one. While it's nice to have
everything "shared" and available, this hobby does have elements of a
"collector's" sport. One-of-a-kinds are rare and inherently valuable.
Having this be a "digitally" based hobby makes things even trickier
since a "copy" of an original is (for all intents and purposes) as good
as the real thing. Having copies out there could well limit Jess'
ability to sell the game for a fair profit sometime down the road. He
should be able to protect his investment if he wants to.

Jess has done all sorts of cool "free" stuff for the hobby, so I don't
really think we should be giving him a hard time because he wants to
keep something that he owns to himself. If I have a rare, original
painting, should I make the materials available so others can make
*perfect* copies of it, just because they don't have that painting in
their collection?

(If people want the code released, get a group together, take donations
and come up with enough money to "buy" a copy from Jess for enough money
that he doesn't feel like he's getting a raw deal. A shiny new
dedicated Major Havoc might go a long ways towards consoling the
devaluation of his one-of-a-kind game... ;-)

-Clay
Received on Wed Aug 5 10:52:38 1998