[MUD-Dev] Project Entropia

[Jessica Mulligan]

Frank Crowell <frankc at maddog.com>

> I am not wild about the fact that Entropia is trying to patent their
> economic model and I wish the company would give up that attempt.
> Or at least have an open license which prevents someone else from
> developing a closed patent.  The buying/selling/renting/owning
> virtual objects has a potential for big business.  The little bit of
> stuff that has gone on at Ebay would be nothing compared to what
> this market could do.

I wouldn't worry too much about the patent.  There is so much prior
art in this field that such a patent could never stand up in court.
It would be the Compton's fiasco all over again.

-Jessica

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