Playerworlds vs Xtremeworlds?

[Pimmeh]

I still am convinced that intellectual property rights are above the TOS and any agreement Graal has. Plus, there hasn't been a precedent of anyone challenging something like that in court.

[Televangelist]

Originally Posted by Pimmeh

I still am convinced that intellectual property rights are above the TOS and any agreement Graal has. Plus, there hasn't been a precedent of anyone challenging something like that in court.

Well, my wife's a lawyer... But frankly, I couldn't foresee it ever becoming an issue. To charge for your creation, you'd have to port it off of Graal to another system entirely (and there aren't any equally accessible stand-alone systems around, Graal seems significantly more stable and full-featured than Eclipse Origins or NetGore for example)... and if you're going to all that trouble, surely you could be bothered to change the names and settings around a bit?

It sounds like Stefan's a capable and good-natured steward of Graal, which is more than good enough for me.

[gaben]

Originally Posted by Televangelist

Well, my wife's a lawyer...

Oh, well, that changes everything.

These xtremeworlds sure sound extreme, although I don't really understand how you expect not to be flamed by posting all of this on Graal forums.

One thing to note is that server costs aren't that bad for a dev server, it's just the fact that most of them don't get a playercount above 6 thus nobody really donates. At least that's what happened to Testbed...(?)

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by gaben

One thing to note is that server costs aren't that bad for a dev server, it's just the fact that most of them don't get a playercount above 6 thus nobody really donates. At least that's what happened to Testbed...(?)

Testbed was not a regular server. I donated the first time Aeko was looking for donations for Testbed, but haven't since because I don't want to directly support Stefan forcing players to pay to provide resources he should be providing the community. I suspect many other people feel the same way.

[Emera]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

Testbed was not a regular server. I donated the first time Aeko was looking for donations for Testbed, but haven't since because I don't want to directly support Stefan forcing players to pay to provide resources he should be providing the community. I suspect many other people feel the same way.

I strongly agree. It wouldn't damage or harm anything to bring testbed back, but somebody would have to be given rights to manage it because *Stefan is too busy to manage testbed.

[Crow]

Originally Posted by Pimmeh

I still am convinced that intellectual property rights are above the TOS and any agreement Graal has. Plus, there hasn't been a precedent of anyone challenging something like that in court.

I agree completely.