Author: Ed Trice
Date: 17:29:48 06/18/04
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> > >That, in a nutshell, is why I believe that Gothic Chess will never have any >realistic chances to become as popular as classical chess, and why I believe >that you are not well liked in this circle. At one point, I was considering >writing a Gothic Chess program. If standard protocols (like UCI and Winboard) >and nice free GUIS were developed, I would have done it without hesitation. >After learning of your patent, and seeing the way you post here threatening to >sue anyone and everyone who doesn't follow your rules, I would never consider >writing a Gothic Chess program. > >Maybe you are really a nice guy who just wants to "keep tabs" on his baby, or >maybe you have other intentions. Who knows. In either case, things can change. >Maybe you come on bad financial times and decide that the new price for licenses >will be $100,000. I see no significant upside to taking the risk of getting >involved in the whole legal mess. Consider risk vs. reward. There is definite >legal risk involved in dealing with you. That is clear. There is very little >reward, and there are a plethora of other options if someone wants to program >board games as a hobby. You are thinking way too small, and will never aspire to own or operate a business. I have contracts and licenses already in place with companies who would not deal with me at all without a license for such intellectual property. You are from the world of cheap, free, over-used software, where there is no market to speak of. I am from the world of innovation, novelty, perhaps even radical or maveric in nature. This is the world of business growth and monetary risk for larger rewards. I don't care about gaining or losing the support of the world of the winboard programmers who have already devalued themselves to the point of subterranean cavedwellers. They do interesting, highly intellectual work. They make no money. Gothic Chess will continue to grow, despite all of you nay-sayers. You remind me of all of the Blacksmiths in the Old West laughing at their contemporaries who traded in their anvils for Automobile Training. Nothing you say can keep our largest demographic, kids 16 and under, from liking this game. They have no preconceived notions about what a board game "has to be". They like Gothic Chess. They don't care why you don't like it. They don't care that licensing fees are in place to help the business entity recover the research and development costs. They are future wage earners, and for now, their parents will allocate some revenue to allow them to engage in the cerebral pursuit of playing Gothic Chess.
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