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Sounds like the space is ready for development of an open framework that doesn't rely on corporate approval.
by idiotsecant 4y ago
Sounds like the space is ready for development of an open framework that doesn't rely on corporate approval.
- hinkley 4y ago"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it." If you make all of your money off of books and models in a world full of wikis, web-apps and amateur typesetters, and especially 3D printing, they may worry that their revenue streams will dry up if they don't lock down the IP (which will be something an IP lawyer told them to think). And now they'll put the idea into people's heads by trying to avoid that situation. You don't want Matthew Mercer to have Creative Commons on his radar. Or a bunch of voice mail from other publishers who smell blood in the water. You don't want him thinking about ten years of fan donated artwork. Or that he hopes to retire some day and he and his friends can still play RPGs together, built on this world that is now in danger.