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Shawn Daniels
Seeker
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 Posted - 15 Sep 2019 : 08:37:24
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Poll Question:
Greetings, seekers. Let's cut to the chase.
I am personally funding development
of a program that automatically creates
Anki cards out of the boxes found
on the right hand side of the
forgotten realms Wikia page.
I have a dream, though. Should I
take it all the way? Should I pursue
full development of this program into
something that possibly does not
rely on Anki and has a
sophisticated UI, which anyone
could use to learn and/or
memorize knowledge of the
Realms? And should I
make a Kickstarter?
More importantly, are you interested?
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Edited by - Shawn Daniels on 15 Sep 2019 08:41:37
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6645 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2019 : 13:06:40
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Pardon my ignorance, but what's an Anki card?
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Shawn Daniels
Seeker
79 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2019 : 18:10:13
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Pardon my ignorance, but what's an Anki card?
-- George Krashos
Here you are, good sir: https://apps.ankiweb.net/ |
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jamesewelch
Learned Scribe
106 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2019 : 18:21:07
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| To summarize, Anki are flashcards to help study/memorize things. There's digital versions for your phone and physical cards that can be printed. |
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Shawn Daniels
Seeker
79 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2019 : 18:36:33
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Originally posted by jamesewelch
To summarize, Anki are flashcards to help study/memorize things. There's digital versions for your phone and physical cards that can be printed.
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Those who destroy knowledge, with ink, fire, or sword, are themselves destroyed. |
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Shawn Daniels
Seeker
79 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2019 : 18:37:07
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| I am making cards out of ALL the information, not just the box. The program is just to automate the process of making cards for the box. And I'm not asking if you're interested in that necessarily, but if you're interested in a full-fledged application and app, made available for free or very cheap, which you could use to interact with, learn, explore, and memorize this knowledge. |
Those who destroy knowledge, with ink, fire, or sword, are themselves destroyed. |
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jamesewelch
Learned Scribe
106 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2019 : 18:51:21
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| You also need to realize that you may not be able to officially publish this app on Google Play or Apple App Store. The WotC fan license doesn't cover apps. Even if it's been 'reworded' like the wiki does, it still might get flagged and removed. General OGL content is fine on the App Stores, but FR specific material is an entirely different thing. |
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Shawn Daniels
Seeker
79 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2019 : 20:05:17
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Originally posted by jamesewelch
You also need to realize that you may not be able to officially publish this app on Google Play or Apple App Store. The WotC fan license doesn't cover apps. Even if it's been 'reworded' like the wiki does, it still might get flagged and removed. General OGL content is fine on the App Stores, but FR specific material is an entirely different thing.
Is there a way to acquire legal permissions and give all/some of the profit to Wizards of the Coast/TSR/whomever? |
Those who destroy knowledge, with ink, fire, or sword, are themselves destroyed. |
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jamesewelch
Learned Scribe
106 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2019 : 20:23:55
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Shawn Daniels
Seeker
79 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2019 : 21:42:30
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Originally posted by jamesewelch
Yes. You need to contact their lawyers.
Gotcha. But in the meantime, it's cool to work on it as long as it's not published, right? |
Those who destroy knowledge, with ink, fire, or sword, are themselves destroyed. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 16 Sep 2019 : 02:16:32
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Originally posted by Shawn Daniels
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Originally posted by jamesewelch
Yes. You need to contact their lawyers.
Gotcha. But in the meantime, it's cool to work on it as long as it's not published, right?
No one can stop you from doing something like that, so long as it doesn't go live anywhere. The moment it does, that's when legal considerations come into play.
If it were me, I'd get the legal considerations taken care of first and foremost -- it'd be a waste of time if you put a lot of work into it and then WotC shot it down immediately. |
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Shawn Daniels
Seeker
79 Posts |
Posted - 16 Sep 2019 : 03:01:48
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Shawn Daniels
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Originally posted by jamesewelch
Yes. You need to contact their lawyers.
Gotcha. But in the meantime, it's cool to work on it as long as it's not published, right?
No one can stop you from doing something like that, so long as it doesn't go live anywhere. The moment it does, that's when legal considerations come into play.
If it were me, I'd get the legal considerations taken care of first and foremost -- it'd be a waste of time if you put a lot of work into it and then WotC shot it down immediately.
Yay! Check this out! https://company.wizards.com/fancontentpolicy |
Those who destroy knowledge, with ink, fire, or sword, are themselves destroyed. |
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Pursuit of Knowledge (application development)
