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In lugnet.build, Matthew Miller wrote:
> James Stacey <james@minifig.co.uk> wrote:
> > <playing devils advocate here>
> > I think the main issue is fantastic resource tho it is,
> > it is still a privately owned website. Despite the huge
> > fan involvement in the site it remains private property.
> > Todd is at total liberty to do as he wishes with the
> > site, which is correct, it is his creation, his baby. I
> > belive this is where the issue lies.
Yes.
> So, to, I guess, play the *other* devil's advocate:
The devil seems to have plenty of legal representatives. :-)
> I'm concerned about how this new thing will be *both* genuinely
> community-run _and_ Official Lego Company Sponsored.
It _is_ also something that is hard to do. And hopefully we
can find a better solution than just depending on a LEGO
sponsorship. We have already started looking at other
sources of funding for the site. Depending on money from a
single source is just as dangerous for such a project as it
is having the project completely owned by a closed group of
people.
> I don't know the details -- and may even be completely
> wrong, but it's my understanding that in the past,
> there'd been some offers from Lego about making Lugnet
> more "official", and Todd and Suz preferred to keep the
> site an *independent* one. I see an inherent
> contradiction in being simultaneously a totally
> democratic site and a corporate mouthpiece. One of those
> roles seems destined to not work out so well.
You don't have to be "a corporate mouthpiece", just because
you are sponsored by a company, but unless we find
additional/alternative sources of funding, there definitely
is a risk.
> But maybe I'm just being pessimistic. The site is
> currently showing a domain registrar advertisement, so its
> completely vaporware. We'll have to wait and see how it
> develops.
Yes. It would - in a way - have been nicer to wait with the
announcement until we had something more solid to show, but
we would on the other hand like to be a bit open about the
project already at this stage.
> I just hope that it isn't aimed at causing a split in the
> Lego fan community -- I've been out of the scene for a
> couple of years, and I come back, and the world is
> falling apart -- old, basic colors are gone, racist
> minifigs are in, and now this. :)
The world _is_ falling apart, but it is not the goal of
LEGOFan.net to speed the process up.
Play well,
Jacob
--
LEGO furniture:
http://jacob.sparre.dk/LEGO/By/M%F8bler/
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