Hey, someone notices I contribued an idea yesterday! And I thought I was going
to read where the entire list was on my birthday... :) (I'm *STILL* smiling, and
when I show Rachelle she'll probably break out in laughter.) Thanks!
Now, back on-topic:
Tim Dugger wrote:
> > To comment on the "10% OGC", you could just define a list of acceptable
> > products for the D20 logo...
> >
> > Complete Game (Deadlands.)
> > Adventure (Death in Freeport)
> > Campaign Setting (Elric, Dunandralis)
> > Campaign Supplement. (like a setting, but less.)
> > Rules Supplement. (The Craft of the Mind)
> > Character or Character Type (Drizzt Do'Urden, The Creature Collection)
> >
> > Reasonable definitions of these shouldn't be hard to find or concieve.
>
> Now, this I like even more than the 10% rule, but I could still see
> situations where it gets abused (by the person who places the d20
> logo on their campaign setting, yet does not include any OGC
> material).
That's easy enough to fix; just require that all "game rules" must be OGC, or
that the *entire* work must be covered under the OGL. (Or, a majority of the
work--60% or higher--covered under the OGL and containing D20SRD-derived OGC.)
> Perhaps some combination of this would work. Define a set of
> products that the d20STL can apply to, and then require it to
> contain 'relevent' OGC material (thus preventing somebody from
> just reproducing a section of the SRD to meet the requirements).
Heck, that's cool. Of course, there's probably some reason we can't make it that
simple.
Drat sneaky people--if they didn't try and twist out of contracts, contracts
wouldn't be so complex!
> With relevent being defined as OGC that is used specifically to use
> the product with other d20 games.
Don't forget that a good portion of d20 games should stand on their own, with
*only* the PHB or D20SRD as a reference.
DM
