[Rq-rules] RQIV vs RQVI

[Peter Maranci]

On 10/23/06, Lance Dyas <lancelot at inetnebr.com> wrote:
>
> However avoiding confusion when referring to something is more important
> than being pedantic. The RQ AiG version has a history on the web at least of
> being called RQIV if Mongoose's RQ called itself RQIV -  that would
> supersede it certainly.
>
> The latest Release doesn't call itself anything but Rune Quest though it
> could have chosen a 4th edition tag line (not yet purchased this champing at
> the bit)


Hmm. I wonder if there would be legal issues if Mongoose were to use a tag
indicating a direct relationship between the versions of RQ published by
Chaosium (or under their auspices), since Chaosium still holds the copyright
to the text of RQ1-3. "The same system in different words", after all.

Putting Mongoose RQ in numerical sequence with the Chaosium versions would
imply a relationship that doesn't exist, as I understand it. But then, I'm
not a lawyer.

Sigh. Looks like I'll be left out of things here on the list more and often,
since I'm not going to buy or support MRQ. Oh well!
->Peter
-- 
Peter Maranci - pmaranci at gmail.com
Pete's RuneQuest & Roleplaying! http://www.runequest.org/rq.htm
The Diary of An Invisible Man: http://bobquasit.livejournal.com/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.thinbits.net/pipermail/rq-rules/attachments/20061023/b5db570d/attachment.html