Introducing the BG-Wiki

[Feba]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

You also get paid to get up in the morning and go to work, you don't consider that a sale.

[Murphie]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

You also get paid to get up in the morning and go to work, you don't consider that a sale.

Read my edit. They were doing something for free, and then a third party came along and offered to pay them to do it, provided they place themselves under the banner of said third party.

Sale.

[eticket109]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

They're being paid to sell the name, image, and the community that goes along with them, if you consider it a sale. They're not selling the work, the work is under the GFDL. If Wikia wanted the CONTENT, they could've easily just taken it for themselves and used it on their existing site. The work doesn't even belong to them, so they cannot sell the rights, just the content itself (again under the GFDL)-- which brings us back to Wikia being fully within their rights to simply take all the information and put it on their own pages.

You love that pic don't you. lol

I can understand all that and I agree to a point. I can understand if not everyone does though.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

They're being paid to sell the name, image, and the community that goes along with them, if you consider it a sale. They're not selling the work, the work is under the GFDL. If Wikia wanted the CONTENT, they could've easily just taken it for themselves and used it on their existing site. The work doesn't even belong to them, so they cannot sell the rights, just the content itself (again under the GFDL)-- which brings us back to Wikia being fully within their rights to simply take all the information and put it on their own pages.

Couldn't resist.

[Feba]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

Read my edit. They were doing something for free, and then a third party came along and offered to pay them to do it, provided they place themselves under the banner of said third party.

Ok, let's say you host a convention. A lot of people come, it gets popular, turns into somewhat of an event, but you're not making much money. Someone offers you some money to become affiliated with their Super-Awesome-Convention-Hosting-Co., and you agree. You didn't sell the convention, you just affiliated it with their company, and got yourself paid to continue hosting it. The convention is made by the people attending and the people who have booths set up, you can't sell that because it doesn't belong to you.

[Murphie]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

Ok, let's say you host a convention. A lot of people come, it gets popular, turns into somewhat of an event, but you're not making much money. Someone offers you some money to become affiliated with their Super-Awesome-Convention-Hosting-Co., and you agree. You didn't sell the convention, you just affiliated it with their company, and got yourself paid to continue hosting it. The convention is made by the people attending and the people who have booths set up, you can't sell that because it doesn't belong to you.

Semantics. As you already said above:

They're being paid to sell the name, image, and the community that goes along with them

I mean, call it what you want, but I'm considering it a sale.

Again, this is just getting away from the point, which is that I don't care for how they do business, regardless of whether they are selling, affiliating, whatever.

And heck, this entire discussion really has nothing to do with the announcement of the BG Wiki at all. So can we all stop talking about it?

[Feba]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

Semantics. As you already said above:

Ah, taking things out of context. Immediately afterwards,

if you consider it a sale.

[Murphie]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

Ah, taking things out of context. Immediately afterwards,

I'm not taking it out of context. You said "If you consider it a sale." Which I do.

Can we please stop talking about this non-issue now?

[Omni]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

hug it out bitches.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZvarRe-XVQ[/YOUTUBE]

[Feba]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

I'm not taking it out of context.

yes, you are, because you're implying that's what I said and think of it.

[Murphie]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

yes, you are, because you're implying that's what I said and think of it.

No, it's not. I'm saying that's what you said, and this is what I think.

Jesus Christ.

[Mhurron]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

They're being paid to sell the name, image, and the community that goes along with them, if you consider it a sale. They're not selling the work

They are selling the work as it's the only part that has any worth. Just because they are not revoking access, or that they can't stop people from copying it verbatim does not mean it was not a sale.

[Sevv]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

Murphie v Feba in a fight to the death?

[DakAttack]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

All the drama in this thread is cut in half by the all the thanks being tossed around.

[Murphie]

Re: Introducing the BG-Wiki

-1 Thanks to Omni for posting an Entourage Video. Man, I hate that show.