Graham & Tim Ellis:
>
>>3. The concept use statement. My personal main objection. If
>>I spend some
>> time writing stories about "Vinga's little sister XXX" and
>>Issaries then
>> publish a cult of "XXX, Vinga's little sister" I expect to be
>>
>>credited as
>> the creator. I don't think anyone would find that unreasonable -
>>and
>> encouragingly comments I've had from Greg suggest he thinks it is
>> reasonable too. Yet, the "concept use" statement claims that
>>Issaries can
>> "use any Gloranthan concepts without credit". Is "reasonable
>>credit where
>> possible" too much to ask for?
>
>I wrote a reply about this yesterday, but Yahoo ate it, so I'll try
>again. I think (and hope) the intention here is not that Issaries
>would take your creation and use them without credit, but covering
>themselves against the possibility that while you have been writing
>your "Vinga's Little Sister XXX" stories, A N Other writer has
>Submitted "The Cult of YYY, Vinga's Sister" to Issaries, without
>being aware of your stories. The "Concept Use" clause prevents you
>from being able to litigate on the basis that Issaries have "Stolen
>your concept and changed the name" to avoid paying you for your
>idea.
>Now I don't think, (by and large*) that this is a cause for
>concern. I suspect that if Issaries (Greg) was sufficently
>enamoured of your creation that he wanted to make it official then
>his first port of call would be to ask you to work on it, and I
>think the credits that have been added in errata suggest that
>Issaries is (a) trying to credit the work of the originiators and
>(b) will take action where it fails to do so originally. It might
>get trickier where you add somthing to a pre-existing concept, or
>the concept is built up over discussions on a mailing
>list/forum/wiki where the "ultimate creator" is not so clear.
I think this is a correct interpretation. Also, if you take
a look at the errata for the II products, they have been
_very_ meticulous in correcting and apologizing for missing
credits.
Nils Weinander
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