Re: [piecepack] Croquet, version histories

[Mark Biggar <mark.a.biggar@...>]

Ron Hale-Evans wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 03:02:12PM -0700, Mark Biggar wrote:
>
> > BTW, I just noticed a bad typo in the Corquet rules.  The folowing 
> > sentence in the middle of the Player turns paragraph needs to have a
> > NOT added, so that it reads:
> >
> > A player does NOT get an additional flick if his coin passes a wicket in 
> > the wrong direction or out of order
> >
> > Ron, if you would mind fixing that an reuploading the file, Thanks.
>
>
> Done and done.  I changed the version number from 0.5 to 0.5.1.

Thanks

> BTW, I believe that documents under the GNU Free Documentation license
> must include a "History" section that details the changes that were
> made from version to version.  Marty and I have done this with our
> games; see the bottom of "KidSprout Jumboree" for an example:

That's a good idea anyway, although I personaly don't consider changes
that only fix spelling and grammar to be significant enough to warrent
adding such a section.

>   http://www.ludism.org/piecepack/jumboree.html
>
> I haven't seen many other rulesets with a section like this.  (Nor did
> I add one when I changed your Tabletop Croquet rules.)
>
> I'm not absolutely sure that the GNU FDL requires this; let me reread
> the license and get back to the group on this.  It IS a good idea if
> required; it prevents people from changing the rules to something
> stupid, or even changing the byline on a ruleset so it reads something
> like "Tabletop Croquet by Ron Hale-Evans, version 0.5.1" without
> making a notation that the rules were changed or the original author's
> name was removed. :-)
>
> Plus, sometimes it makes for interesting reading, and can help people
> get up to speed on how the new version differs from the version(s)
> they have already played.

I'll definitely add such a section when I make the changes to "Everest"
though.


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