Comments on: Cashing In On Eris (or Hail Discordia!)

By: thewildhunt

thewildhunt — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:30:04 +0000

You seem a little defensive, and about three years late.

By: Andy Havens

Andy Havens — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 23:59:00 +0000

If they’d done it right and well and good… wouldn’t that just have been a shame?Is it “All Hail Dischorida?” or only “Some Hail Dischordia?”Or are you simply playing along.I’m just sad they didn’t include a section on Paris Hilton…

By: Chancy

Chancy — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:22:00 +0000

I find the whole thing perfectly appropriate for Discordia, though I probably can’t comment authoritatively (who can?), not being an adherent myself. I do love many of the Dischordian ideas though. They are certainly my favorite tradition–so much more fun than Reclaiming or Druidic orders or any of the others.

By: Anti-Thesisofreason

Anti-Thesisofreason — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:43:00 +0000

I’m glad I got one of the un-copywrited (?) copies.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:29:00 +0000

I just think it is a matter of class. If someone publishes the PD with a big KopyLeft on it, that is classy. If they don’t, they are just another publishing company. Whatever. Does it really matter?

By: drjon

drjon — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:49:00 +0000

Hey, 2short.Feel free and quote from Steve Jackson (who is *not* the Author of the Principia Discordia).Here’s a quote from Greg Hill (who *is* the Author): “it was published with a broken copyright–Reprint What You Like”. Elsewhere in the Principia, in many places, instead of being called “Copyright”, and instead of being called “Public Domain”, the associated copying rights of the book are referred to as “Kopyleft”.This is prolly the answer to your rhetorical “I’m not sure why people think this is not the case”: because it’s not the case. Steve was wrong.Hope this helps.

By: 2Short

2Short — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:23:00 +0000

Quoting from the introduction to my Steve Jackson Games edition (by Steve himself):”All the new stuff, like the original Principia, is public domain.”I’m not sure why people think this is not the case.As to this current edition: perfectly legal, stupidly lame. And I don’t see the point; who in their right mind thinks doing it this way will make them a dime more money compared to leaving the original text intact and open? Seems obvious it will only lose them sales to do it this way.