I was reading recently that the family of the man who wrote the song “It’s a long way to Tipperary” still receive \u00a330,000 a year in royalties. Obviously by now that’s going to be quite an extended family. I’ll expand on this later in the post.<\/p>\n
Two blog posts from Emily Short identify some pain from the closure of Versu by Linden Lab. The first post actually has nothing at all to do with Versu initially, the conversation regarding Versu appears in the comments. The first post is about general examples of what can be achieved from Interactive Fiction :\u00a0A (Mostly Recentish) IF List, For Breadth<\/a>. That post excited me purely because it mentions Sorcery!<\/a> by Steve Jackson and Finkle. I played the fighting fantasy books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone when I was a lad! I loved those books.<\/p>\n However it’s in the comments where Versu gets a mention with a commenter suggesting Versu should be added to the list and Emily replying:<\/p>\n Versu I\u2019m not listing here because there isn\u2019t currently anything that people can pick up and try: Linden is no longer supporting it, has not released Blood and Laurels, and has taken down the older Versu app. I am investigating whether there is a way for me to regain ownership of the IP and carry the project forward on my own, but I don\u2019t have concrete information to share about that at the moment. I made a pitch for Linden to open source the project as it currently stands, but did not succeed.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n I suggested that Linden Lab might want to consider open sourcing Versu or handing the IP to Emily Short, Richard Evans or some other interested party in my recent post about the closure of Versu<\/a>.<\/p>\n