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And yes, BladeWoods, anyone free to make their own separate multiplayer service under a different name and with different artwork and audio.  I suppose they could still use my client and server code to make this happen, but the result would not be commercially confusing (because people mostly recognize video games by their titles, graphics, and sound, not the underlying code).  Still, they would have a "leg up" on me, because the client and server code was very hard to write.  (Though DualDecade apparently didn't use any of the client code.)

My understanding is that I can't trademark "gameplay," so the only way to prevent code-identical clones would be through copyright on the code, and I don't want to do that.

you have crossed the line of insanity! what's next vampires? zombies? cats? this is what happens when people play the part of god!

jasonrohrer wrote:

I hear you on Trademark, but so many of the elements of the work would have to be brought to bear as part of the trademark---it would really have a chilling effect on any and all derivative works.  I mean, is the milkweed plant trademarked?  Could it be used in someone's logo or icon?  If so, would that imply my involvement?

If I was going to do that, I might as well use copyright.

It is a quandary, alright.

Absent copyright, which you don't want to use for well-established reasons, or trademark, which you might be reluctant to use for the same reasons, your position with Christoffer and his team seems to come down to goodwill and moral suasion.

I hope you can all come to a resolution that satisfies everyone, and I wish you all maximum clarity of everyone's desires and constraints in the discussions, whether public or private.

PS: I agree with CrazyEddie an all his posts (Not a lawyer either)

1. Trees can block movement.  So, theoretically a village could get trapped by trees if all the axes OR shovels, and iron, also got moved outside of the village (or put inside of a room that no one can get into).  Junipers don't differ from other trees in this respect though, so this change doesn't make griefing more easy via that method

People didn't even go through with snowball walling off a city before and most walled cities didn't ever get finished. The only time walled cities occurred is when someone really cared to do it so you have a lot of faith trolls are going to waste their whole lives to put up a bunch of trees (which can be cut down and the stumps dug). Seems like you're worrying about something super silly.

2. Trees that don't get rewatered are useless.  So, shears, soil, and water can get wasted by tree planting.  Junipers again don't differ from other trees in that respect, so again I don't think this change affects griefing potential.

Who is even doing this? Most trees that don't get watered are by some old person who waters trees too late in their life to be able to tend to them the second time needed. That's just someone being too slow to fix up the kindling farm since you can't trust people to not chop down the trees for firewood as soon as you have to walk 10 tiles away for firewood.

3. Junipers don't yield butt logs, while most other types do.  This change does affect things with respect to griefing then.  Theoretically one person can plant massive juniper fields.  Then someone else can go along and hack up all of the junipers.  Since the amount of firewood among chopped trees is the same for trees that yield firewood (unless I've misunderstood this part about trees), massive juniper fields for tree cutting thus will yield fewer resources than say massive pine fields.  Thus massive juniper fields could be less efficient than massive fields of other tree types.

Buildings aren't very useful, so that means flooring is also generally not useful. Sure you need some level of butt logs for carts/boxes but that generally isn't an issue a village has. You generally get to a place where people will start cutting branch trees for firewood instead of taking a cart and hitting up the preferred firewood trees (pine, dead, swamp.) At best you would know this is a firewood farm unlike kindling farms which get axed because people are lazy.

3. comes as the problem I had in mind.  When I think about, I doubt it would be game-breaking, and many other griefer's tactics probably come as a lot worse.  So, I've probably worried about something rather inconsequential.  But, still, at the very least, massive juniper fields for tree cutting aren't as good as other fields of trees for tree cutting.

Trolls and griefers are lazy. There are much easier and more efficient griefs in game than just planting a bunch of random trees and caring for them.

Different clothing items have different insulation values. It's possible to have (almost) perfect temperature at all times if you're wearing good quality clothing.

Happened weirdly to me as well. I got married to Shine Steeley, who divorced me. I wanted to see what her last words were.
But there was no record of her.
Not even her kids..weird