Selling Piecepacks with game rules (was: Hexpack)

[Ben Finney <ben+yahoogroups@...>]

"Jorge Arroyo" <trozo@...> writes:

> Just want to remind everyone that most of the rules for piecepack
> have been released with a free license, although some don't specify
> a license and some have a non-commercial one, but many rules can be
> included in commercial sets with no problem. Although I don't see
> the point of including rules when selling the sets online, that's
> why on my own sets, I only include rules for the ones I sell
> physically...

Someone buying the sets online could well be intending them as a gift;
such a gift would be more valuable to the recipient if they have game
rules as well without needing to go searching and sifting online.

Selling the rules with the game equipment is thus valuable to the
buyer (they don't need to package the rules) and to the recipient
(they don't need to go online to start playing lots of games with
their Piecepack), and both parties benefit from someone else having
pre-selected a set of good game rules from the hundreds that are out
there.

It frustrates me when people publish rules for Piecepack games with
license terms that deny commercial use, since this obvious avenue to
get more games to newcomers is lost.

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Ben Finney