Re: what about TSR and GPL

["taxman" <taxman10m@mediaone.net>]

I seriously doubt SSI or TSR would let you make games using
their system.
 They would probably be as protective as Paramount is with
Star Trek.  Although creating a similar rule based system
shouldn't be too difficult?


----- Original Message -----
From: Willem Robert van Hage <wrvh@xs4all.nl>
To: <linuxgames@sunsite.auc.dk>
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 12:33 PM
Subject: what about TSR and GPL


>Does anybody know if I can make a game that uses the
>Technical Support Rules (AD&D, Alternity etc etc)
>under GPL? would Wizards of the Coast / TSR mind?
>Or is that "right" reserved for SSI?
>I mean, I'd have expected them to say noone may port
>Roborally to a free linux version, but what about new
games?
>I got my own world, so I'm not using anything except the
>rules.
>
>Willem van Hage
>
>wrvh@xs4all.nl / wrvhage@wins.uva.nl
>http://www.wins.uva.nl/~wrvhage
>