 Shadowrun and Open Source, Open Source a solution for SR? |
 Apr 14 2007, 07:22 PM
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Open Source comes from the computer world. It is a way of licencing software so that others can come along and change the software to meet their needs. A lot of Open Source software is given away for free but that is not always the case. Some business like Red Hat have become rich using the Open Source business structure. This structure could be applied to other business including publishing companies like Wizkids. What it would mean is the SR community would be given access to the development stage of new products, and they would be able to submit changes to the new product before it is published. These submitters would be 100% volunteer and WizKids would still retain veto rights on how the SR universe would play out. In the end WizKids R&D costs would go down but there would be new product leaks on every product they have. Also people would be free to modify and re-publish any released book, as the material printed would be the legal property of the SR community (ie anyone reading the material).
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TBRMInsanity Shadowrun and Open Source Apr 14 2007, 07:22 PM
odinson QUOTE (TBRMInsanity) Also people would be free to ... Apr 14 2007, 07:34 PM TBRMInsanity QUOTE (odinson)
There would also be the issue o... Apr 14 2007, 07:45 PM Wasabi Open source: Good for apps, bad for p&p games. Apr 14 2007, 07:50 PM knasser Posting this from my housemate's Linux box usi... Apr 14 2007, 08:00 PM Rotbart van Dainig There is no real point in asking for 'Open Sou... Apr 14 2007, 08:33 PM Baphomet69 While FanPro's release schedule has admittedly... Apr 14 2007, 08:38 PM lorechaser I too am a huge supporter of open source software.... Apr 15 2007, 12:26 AM Dayhawk While open sourcing has created a fast amount of d... Apr 15 2007, 04:05 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (knasser @ Apr 14 2007, 03:00 PM) You c... Apr 15 2007, 04:13 AM Ravor Well considering that I hate 99.999% of the crap I... Apr 15 2007, 04:57 AM tisoz I did not see Ain't gonna happen with FanPro... Apr 15 2007, 06:33 AM ShadowDragon I'd like to see something along the lines of D... Apr 15 2007, 06:38 AM Alex Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if WK has ... Apr 15 2007, 03:11 PM knasser QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE (knasser @ Apr 14 20... Apr 15 2007, 03:20 PM Catharz Godfoot I doubt FanPro is going to prosecute anyone for ma... Apr 15 2007, 05:55 PM nezumi I like how "open source" it is now. We ... Apr 15 2007, 08:45 PM the_dunner QUOTE (nezumi) I do wish Fan Pro made more space o... Apr 15 2007, 09:13 PM Kyoto Kid ..I followed the majority on this as well. I agre... Apr 15 2007, 09:15 PM Mistwalker I too voted no.
I like the quality of the work th... Apr 15 2007, 09:35 PM knasser The one thing that I would like to do would be to ... Apr 15 2007, 09:36 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (knasser) The relevant part of Open Source a... Apr 16 2007, 12:02 AM Ancient History Open sourcing Shadowrun would be one step shy of o... Apr 16 2007, 12:06 AM knasser QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE (knasser @ Apr 15 20... Apr 16 2007, 05:22 PM Kagetenshi I don't think it's unfair to say that the ... Apr 16 2007, 05:31 PM deek I voted fully open-source. In this case, I think ... Apr 16 2007, 06:13 PM Jrayjoker I don't want to see a pile of crap similar to ... Apr 16 2007, 06:20 PM deek Heh...but no one says you have to buy or grab ever... Apr 16 2007, 06:35 PM knasser QUOTE (Kagetenshi) What I do have a problem with i... Apr 16 2007, 06:36 PM deek I still think that the one guarantee for open sour... Apr 16 2007, 06:51 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (knasser @ Apr 16 2007, 01:36 PM) Pleas... Apr 16 2007, 07:09 PM Aristotle D&D, while I am quite a fan of the d20 product... Apr 16 2007, 07:19 PM Adam I'd appreciate it if this didn't turn into... Apr 16 2007, 07:30 PM deek QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE (deek)In this case, I thi... Apr 16 2007, 07:56 PM Kagetenshi It might be helpful to replace "tautological... Apr 16 2007, 08:34 PM deek QUOTE (Kagetenshi) It might be helpful to replace ... Apr 16 2007, 08:53 PM Adam The actual text of the d20 System was made availab... Apr 17 2007, 02:47 AM TBRMInsanity After reading the posts on this forum and discussi... May 3 2007, 03:38 AM Adam QUOTE OS has been proven to be a devastating tool ... May 3 2007, 03:53 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (deek @ Apr 16 2007, 03:53 PM) Question... May 3 2007, 03:54 AM TBRMInsanity I think that a fork in the rules would be that gre... May 4 2007, 02:15 AM Crakkerjakk Dunner, did they open source GURPS? I don't g... May 4 2007, 02:26 AM Adam GURPS is not Open Source at all. Some third party ... May 4 2007, 02:59 AM mfb QUOTE (TBRMInsanity)The single best thing about th... May 4 2007, 03:01 AM Kagetenshi Yeah, I mean… I'm just not sure how to respo... May 4 2007, 03:08 AM Adam I'm assuming that "would" == "w... May 4 2007, 03:10 AM Kagetenshi Well, no, that part was able to be reconstructed p... May 4 2007, 03:17 AM TBRMInsanity QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Well, no, that part was able to... May 4 2007, 12:32 PM dog_xinu There is a big difference between Closed Source, O... May 7 2007, 02:02 AM FrankTrollman AD&D was a closed source game. The basic game ... May 7 2007, 02:30 AM odinson Shadowrun could do an ogl as dnd. I don't know... May 7 2007, 03:11 AM Kagetenshi Frank: ignoring the question of whether or not tha... May 7 2007, 03:27 AM tisoz There have been third party products in the Shadow... May 7 2007, 06:25 AM FrankTrollman QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Frank: ignoring the question of... May 7 2007, 06:57 AM knasser QUOTE (tisoz) All in all, you find about the same ... May 7 2007, 09:24 AM KarmaInferno I'd point out that there is some debate on whe... May 7 2007, 02:39 PM Blade EDIT : Oops, didn't see it has been discussed ... May 7 2007, 03:07 PM KarmaInferno Er, no, not unless Wizkids/FanPro (Or whoever they... May 7 2007, 03:27 PM knasser QUOTE (KarmaInferno) There's a little wiggle r... May 7 2007, 03:46 PM KarmaInferno QUOTE (knasser @ May 7 2007, 03:46 PM) In Fan... May 7 2007, 03:55 PM Blade Actually, according to The FanPro FAQ, this only ... May 7 2007, 04:08 PM KarmaInferno QUOTE (Blade) It's not possible to publish cop... May 7 2007, 04:14 PM knasser QUOTE (Blade) Actually, according to The FanPro F... May 7 2007, 05:04 PM Adam QUOTE The problem inherent with doing nothing abou... May 7 2007, 05:52 PM Kagetenshi I'm still not a lawyer, but that's correct... May 7 2007, 05:56 PM KarmaInferno You are probably right. My intent of defining ... May 7 2007, 07:52 PM Xenith Thing is, d20 works well with its version of open ... May 7 2007, 08:03 PM tisoz QUOTE (knasser) QUOTE (tisoz @ May 7 2007, 06... May 8 2007, 02:29 AM
TBRMInsanity When it comes to open source in any industry we ne... May 11 2007, 01:03 PM  |
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