Interoperability for games is fundamentally flawed reasoning
Interoperability for games is fundamentally flawed reasoning
Posted Aug 24, 2005 19:54 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252)In reply to: Interoperability for games is fundamentally flawed reasoning by FlorianMueller
Parent article: On the defense of piracy enablers
If the law says "in the public interest", which I personally believe should be a criterion for interoperability, then it's a somewhat higher standard.
It's the other way around: any and all rights granted to authors must "promote the progress of science and the useful arts". If we can be reasonable sure that availability of programs like bnetd will bancrupt all companies who produce online games - then we probably should stop this nonsense (obviously online games are "usefull arts"). If not... then I fail to see your point.
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