I got this comment on my Magnificent Heroic Roleplaing SRD. I'm not sure how to respond to this line of inquiry.
You see, when I made my retroclone, I intentionally didn't mention the game to the best of my abilities and tried my best not to discuss my reasoning for doing so outside of game preservation and opening the game up for other developers.
I know what I did is legal. It is rewritten from scratch to avoid copyright and is legally allowed under American copyright. It is obviously unauthorized.
People seem convinced that because you can technically macguvyer the original game from a closed system that it is still technically in print. I've seen a few people say so, such as when I offered it to a fan site of the original title. I don't share that view and I'm actually the person who gave out the guide on how to macguvyer the only book in print to remake this game two years ago.
Still, I feel I should respond, but I am a bit worried to do so. I was wondering if anyone was willing to give their two cents?
