Comments on: Open source comic hero http://blog.nyerm.com/2003/09/04/open-source-comic-hero/ Life goes by pretty fast Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Gundy http://blog.nyerm.com/2003/09/04/open-source-comic-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-24753 Gundy Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:57:23 +0000 http://blog.nyerm.com/2003/09/04/open-source-comic-hero/#comment-24753 This same idea occurred to me while reading the<a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.11/opensource.html" rel="nofollow"> Linus Torvalds/Open Source issue of WIRED</a>. As usual someone beat me to it. This same idea occurred to me while reading the Linus Torvalds/Open Source issue of WIRED. As usual someone beat me to it.

]]> By: LionKimbro http://blog.nyerm.com/2003/09/04/open-source-comic-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-24752 LionKimbro Thu, 04 Sep 2003 19:47:56 +0000 http://blog.nyerm.com/2003/09/04/open-source-comic-hero/#comment-24752 My friends and I have always envisioned "Open Actors". These would be imaginary characters that could take place in various games and stories. There would be standard art in a variety of formats depicting the characters. Their personality and abilities would be written up, along with samples of how the characters talk. Rosters will tell what they did in what worlds. The licensing is the tricky part- how do you create a license for such a character? What kind of IP is that? My friends and I have always envisioned “Open Actors”.

These would be imaginary characters that could take place in various games and stories. There would be standard art in a variety of formats depicting the characters. Their personality and abilities would be written up, along with samples of how the characters talk. Rosters will tell what they did in what worlds.

The licensing is the tricky part- how do you create a license for such a character? What kind of IP is that?

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