Re: [spoon-discuss] Proto-prop: Patents

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, October 6, 2003, at 02:43 AM, Mark Karasek wrote:

> --- Glotmorf <dwhytock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > (2) Before we get back into rule-mandated
> > sole-source vendor
> > societies, I'd still like to see some mechanism for
> > "owning" a
> > "technology"...something that can be transferred
> > between
> > entities, or even somehow stolen or forcibly
> > acquired.  This
> > would de-necessitate (decessitate?) BDSM from being
> > explicitly
> > referenced in the rules.
>
> How about this?
>
> {{
> Create a rule:
> {{
> __Patents__
> }}

The problem I see with this is that it means only one entity gets to 
make such things. I'd like to see something where it's possible for 
anybody to create certain objects, given enough  of some sort of 
resource. Speeders were on their way to becoming like this - given 
enough Raw Materials, speeders and various upgrades to them could be 
engineered; the hope was that eventually, any entity, be it society, 
player, or even the Admin, could create Speeders and upgrades - 
assuming it was willing to take the time to gather the resources and 
invest in factories. Then things like WBE and vSOI could arise without 
ever being mentioned in the rules, since if all a player wants is, say, 
two speeders, it's not worth their while to build an entire factory and 
run all over the place gathering resources; but if a dozen players each 
want two speeders, it is worthwhile for someone to build a factory or 
two and organize some workers to pool resources, to create 24 speeders 
then and there.

So I think what we need first is some sort of resource, and a way for 
individual players to gather said resource, and perhaps a way for a 
generic entity to gather it as well; then we can start creating things 
with it.

--
Wonko

"I use brushes because they don't, y'know, bite my face."

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