Glorantha Council

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From: Geoff Gunner (eosgg@raesp-farn.mod.uk)
Date: Fri 03 Dec 1993 - 21:06:06 EET


Joerg writes about getting some serious activity done on compiling RQ material.

I for one would be glad to shove in my oar. As for what format ANYTHING on Glorantha should be, it's got to be a straight ASCII text file. It's most portable, and if you want something fancy done with it, write an output formatter.

As for profits, copyrights, etc, if possible make it free. As soon as you add a price, distribution will drop. If it's price-tagged, no internet, therefore even lower distribution. And the aim's to distribute Glorantha material, right? Spread the word about the One True Way of roleplaying ? :-)

If it's already in publication, then just reference it if it's a substantial body of info. Otherwise, what's the copyright on paraphrasing (like getting an ACCURATE timeline from all the sources ?).

I think that would be a damn good place to start. A timeline's possibly one of the most useful bits of reference material out. Look at the contradictions in what we've already got. It would show us what sort of problems are likely to crop up, how to go about accumulating data, how to edit responsibly, how to ultimately resolve contradictions, and so on. Anyone for it ?

And interesting point there about 'Do we need Greg Stafford's approval'. Yup, it would be nice, but it seems Greg's trying to get out of being the ultimate authority. So why not respect that, and become a *Democracy* (Whoever shouts loudest, wins) ?

So - what's the other strength of feeling out there ?

Geoff.

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