Re: DIS: Free agora

2008-07-06 Thread Ben Caplan
On Sunday 6 July 2008 10:22:13 Elliott Hird wrote: > 2008/7/6 Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Not that I think putting bits of Agora under the laws of a > > jurisdiction other than Agora itself is a great idea. We'd probably > > see some case appealed out of the equity courts and into a re

Re: DIS: Free agora

2008-07-06 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/6 Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Of course, a good way to fix this sort of issue would be to adopt a > rule stating that participants agree to license their messages under, > say, GFDL or CC-BY to cover future postings, then get licenses from as > many current and former participants

Re: DIS: Free agora

2008-07-06 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Ben Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know enough about "real world" copyright law to tell if a > publication like the AWJ, which includes no verbatim text from other > players, but only discusses in-game events in depth, would infringe on > anything s

Re: DIS: Free agora

2008-07-05 Thread Ben Caplan
On Saturday 5 July 2008 10:00:24 Roger Hicks wrote: > On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:52 PM, ihope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Or just give it some money. Is anybody willing to donate their estate to > > Agora? > > I've been toying with the idea of running a "Jackpot Nomic" for a > while, where to be

Re: DIS: Free agora

2008-07-05 Thread Roger Hicks
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:52 PM, ihope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or just give it some money. Is anybody willing to donate their estate to > Agora? I've been toying with the idea of running a "Jackpot Nomic" for a while, where to become a player you have to pay a certain amount of real money int

Re: DIS: Free agora

2008-07-05 Thread ihope
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Matthew Berlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Have you ever thought of setting it free from its shackles and allowing it >> to grow to its fullest potential? > > Yes, but I've been unable to c

Re: DIS: Free agora

2008-07-05 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Matthew Berlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you ever thought of setting it free from its shackles and allowing it > to grow to its fullest potential? Yes, but I've been unable to convince the governments of any suitable countries to replace their entire body of

Re: DIS: Free agora

2008-07-05 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/5 Matthew Berlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have been watching agora with much interest for some time, and have begun > to admire the creature. > > Have you ever thought of setting it free from its shackles and allowing it > to grow to its fullest potential? > > - arkestra > > what?

DIS: Free agora

2008-07-05 Thread Matthew Berlin
I have been watching agora with much interest for some time, and have begun to admire the creature. Have you ever thought of setting it free from its shackles and allowing it to grow to its fullest potential? - arkestra