>Julian:
>
>
>>On a tangent, I'm a Microsoft Beta Tester, and this fan policy we're
>>all supposed to agree with is just laughably heavy-handed compared
>>to the measures M$ have come up with (effective ones) to protect
>>their copyrights.
>>
>>
>
>A monumentally inept comparison. (Is that offensive enough?
>
>
Nope, try again : practice makes perfect !!!!!
>Maybe not.) A moronically stupid comparison, for two reasons.
>
>1. Microsoft protect their IP primarily through patents.
> Even the U.S. patent office wouldn't allow patents on
> Glorantha.
>
>
Bollocks. M$ has both patents and copyrights, and their copyrights are
well protected by ordinary usage practices. As Nick hinted at some weeks
back, using a RPG is a lot like using a software package. M$ does not
have any claim to the ownership of any computer systems created using
the Windows operating systems...
>2. Microsoft is the richest company in this part of the
> galaxy. They have the money and the lawyers to out-process
> any force known to man (or buy them off).
>
Which was my basic point really, this whole bloated nonsense makes II sound like the mouse that roared...
Julian.
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