richardhutnik
04-06-2008, 08:26 PM
This is a follow up post to my prior "Unsticking Chess (http://www.chessandpoker.com/forums/showthread.php?t=612)" one. To the end, the purpose of the project is to come up with perhaps a bit of standardization in names, terminology, equipment look and feel, equipment needed, classification/taxonomy, and so on, relating to chess and its variants. These standards would act as a community agreed to consensus, to provide a base upon which people can be able to more effectively communicate with one another, and be able to share their experience. It is not meant to impose restrictive rules, but provide a way to pragmatically facilitate change. A possible end result could be a development path chess can take, that would involve variants in a more relevant way, and enable variants to be taken more seriously, not just as some gimmick, but something that can contribute to the discussion.
If this project seems irrelevant to you, and you question why it would be needed, then it wouldn't be for you. But I am putting it out there for people to consider, and of interest, to say yes to, and get involved. I personally believe the whole thing should be treated in an open-source manner, where what is developed from this is usable by the community, but also has a way for people to plug their own proprietary creations, and they lend to the conversation, without them losing the rights to them. For example, say the Omega Chess people would want to get their pieces into the conversation. They would still retain the rights, and the project would have a way to accomodate their pieces and rules into the conversation.
If this is of interest, please say so. Also, please pop into this thread on the Chess Variants wiki and sign in:
http://chessvariants.wikidot.com/forum/t-51667/chess-of-tomorrow-project-who-is-interested
Thank you for your time...
- Rich
If this project seems irrelevant to you, and you question why it would be needed, then it wouldn't be for you. But I am putting it out there for people to consider, and of interest, to say yes to, and get involved. I personally believe the whole thing should be treated in an open-source manner, where what is developed from this is usable by the community, but also has a way for people to plug their own proprietary creations, and they lend to the conversation, without them losing the rights to them. For example, say the Omega Chess people would want to get their pieces into the conversation. They would still retain the rights, and the project would have a way to accomodate their pieces and rules into the conversation.
If this is of interest, please say so. Also, please pop into this thread on the Chess Variants wiki and sign in:
http://chessvariants.wikidot.com/forum/t-51667/chess-of-tomorrow-project-who-is-interested
Thank you for your time...
- Rich