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In article <441qhl$4...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, rdc...@aol.com says...
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>>I was looking at their file format, considering the possibility of
>creating an 
>>editor to build new missions, mechs, clans, etc.  Later, after reading
>their 
>>License Agreement and Copyright, I decided that I would only wind-up in a
>
>>lawsuit or something.  Not worth the time or development effort.  This
>sucks, I 
>>would really like to add other mechs and the ability to create missions. 
>
>Why does it suck?  Don't Activision and FASA have the right to maintain
>exclusivity of their intellectual property if they choose to?  They and
>their staffs did spend a lot of time, energy, money, and creative juice on
>this game. They've already announced their intention to market add-ons
>that include new campaigns, new mechs and weapons, and a mission builder.
>Why does it suck that they get to do this instead of you?
>
I didn't mean anything negative by what I wrote.  I had started looking at 
their files the same day the game was released, before I heard anything about 
up-and-coming add-on's.  Other than that, I just thought that I would be fun to 
design my own Mechs and campaigns like you can with the FASA RPG.  I've been a 
professional programmer for 15 years and I strongly believe in intellectual 
property rights.  I also think it is cool when a company like id software 
allows users to extend their products without landing them in a lawsuit.  It 
sure has not hurt the sales of Doom I, ][ or Ultimate Doom.  Rather, I think 
that all of the furor developed by users being able to design their own levels 
and share them with friends, has been partially responsible for the levels of 
sales that they have seen.  I am not recommending that anyone rip-off any of 
the companies involved or profit off of their hard work at the expense of the 
originators.  I just find it regretable that the wording of the Copyright and 
License does not make room for Public Domain, not-for-sale, add-ons and 
extensions.

Then again, at 30 years of age, maybe I should just give up and stop caring 
about playing games and having fun with a computer.