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From: "Webmaster" <webmaster@blee.biz>
> I don't
> think AB has much to worry about. It already has an
> established consumer base, it is a generic program
> that works for almost every known wargame known to man
> currently in play
I'm not so sure. Consider the problems
www.warhammer40K.com had recently.
The following is taken from the letter they received from the GW legal
department:
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* Acceptable army builders and roster makers must conform with the following
criteria:
a) the builder must not prevent the user from building an illegal army
("illegal" in this context meaning illegal in gaming terms)
b) the builder must not inform the user if they have built an illegal army
c) the builder must require the user to consult the relevant codex
d) the builder must not devalue the codex that it is derived from
e) the builder must not contain any text on the rules.
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So basically, AB can violate A and B, plus depending on the interpretation,
listing stats as WS, BS, etc. contains text from the rules right? Not to
mention, listing that a Space Marine has a bolter or that something cuases
fear devalues the codex. Seems like you could fight it, but in a legal war
of attrition, who has the more money: GW or Lone Wolf?
I think AB is safe but IMO the survivability of the AB files may be in
doubt. As others have said on this group, making AB files is too difficult
for many AND if GW shuts down the distribution sites for the files then the
_program_ is useless. One also wonders if the "average" AB user could wade
through P2P file sharing and similar technologies to get "black market"
files.
My $0.02
John
E-mail & WM:
jlmartin@wi.rr.com
URL:
http://home.wi.rr.com/jlmartin
"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it."
Robert E. Lee
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