Re: [Rails-devel] tile rendering objects

[John A. T. <ja...@ja...>]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, John David Galt wrote:

> I don't see this as a problem.  If the details of each game live in the
> config file(s) and not the program itself, just make sure that the site
> where the app resides contains only config files for hobby-publishers'
> own games.  People who own the commercial 18xx games can make and trade
> config files for those easily enough.

It is likely consent would be given -- there are plenty of electronic 
implementations of games freely available that do not require the 
boardgame to play, all with the blessing of the owner (some produced and 
distrbuted by the owner).  In any event, my personal feeling is that the 
tiles themselves do not constitute protectable content, and that is why I 
have no problem putting tile images up on my site.  I would argue that 
being able to print an in-progress map is far less of an issue than simply 
being able to play the game without requiring the original.

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