Tag: Catalyst
CGL, letter Posts, Idiots etc.
by Rob on Mar.30, 2010, under Game Development, Roleplaying News
Ok if your following the Catalyst Gaming Labs ‘Drama’ as some call it you’ve by now seen the one hundred and one posts across every forum by a certain Frank Trollman. Look people honestly the letter is confidental between the parties involved by actually posting it anywhere Mr Trollman himself may have broken the law.
But lets look at what is going on here CGL has some issues right? they are a Privately Owned company right?
Answer to every thing there YES
Alright with that in mind guess what, the public that is me and you don’t have ANY RIGHT to know what is going on behind closed doors, zips nada.. and even if they where a public company you only have the right to know if you are a shareholder.
So with that in mind sorry folks CGL actually didn’t have to post their press release but they did.
Onto what Frank has done again, he’s posted information that is clearly covered by a NDA (most company letters etc are) what’s a NDA you ask? NDA stands for Non-Disclosure Agreement, this is a legally binding document that basically says what you can and can not say about anything from a product to an entire business.. It keeps things they don’t want out of the public eye and it is as mentioned LEGALLY binding. The only way out of a NDA? Well that is when it has a time limit on the document or a clause that states you can exit if x and x is met. Ie ‘This Non-Disclosure Agreement will remain in effect for 6 years from the date of signing’ or ‘Once the closed beta phase is over and the product has been moved into open beta, release or if posted by the company you may talk about this product’ etc etc.
So whoever gave Mr Trollman the info he’s sprouting about the internet is actually looking at some heavy litigation, add to that the fact that he is making wild accusations with out actual physical evidence means that he himself is quite possibly leaving himself open to Litigation as well.
Breaking NDA’s can be career ending in certain business’s, in governement well it can be prison or worse but were talking business so yeah.
All over though you have people jumping to conclusions screaming help the house is on fire.. Help this person is a lier, help this person is etc etc..
Look guys the LAW will deal with this that’s what it exists for alright, so let the lawyers do their jobs, let the dust settle and THEN post.. Speculation and mud flicking is not productive.
