On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Lynn Fredricks wrote:
> > Please, no. Not "required to be freeware". "Required to be GPL/Open
> > Source" I can deal with. Freeware has it's own problems.
>
> It looks like some similar discussions are going in parallel over on the
> ogf-l. OGL doesnt have specific restrictions to software and it is clear it
> didnt take software or "broadcast" into account.
>
> Under the d20 Trademark Licence draft, there are restrictions on character
> generation. Yet under OGL, many of the components of character generation
> are considered "Product Identity" under OGL. If d20 SRD is being released
> under OGL, and it appears by definition of OGL that Product Identity can
> remain the property of the author, why does d20 Trademark License exclude
> character generation?
So they can sell more PHB. Duh...
All that aside, I want to keep putting this out there:
<rant>
NOT ALL COMPUTER SOFTWARE THAT TOUCHES ON OPEN GAMING IS A COMPUTER GAME.
PLEASE DON'T WRITE THE D20STL AS IF ALL OGC/D20 RELATED COMPUTER SOFTWARE
WAS A COMPUTER GAME!
</rant>
If what they want to do is prevent D20 computer games, they are going to
have to _real_ careful about who they write the license, assuming they
don't mean to also shut off DM support software or D20 products being
distributed over the web.
I, for one, would love to know how the D20STL would deal with a CGI script
(in, theory "software") kicking out a D20 adventure, but still allowing a
"manually" written D20 adventure being on a web site.
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