In a message dated 10/5/00 11:42:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> 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.)
>
Do this and anyone attempting to move their proprietary world to d20 will
stop dead in their tracks...requiring a percentage like 60+% is basically
saying that you don't want to see Deadlands d20, or our d20 book, or anything
else from a currently producing company.
>> 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.
>
Trying to define "relevant" could take so long as to kill this entire
project. That is too arbitrary a standard.
>Drat sneaky people--if they didn't try and twist out of contracts, contracts
>wouldn't be so complex!
>
And while I know you didn't name me as a sneaky person, my objections to
these 'ideas' puts me firmly in the camp you call sneaky...and I'm not. I'm
as blunt as a freight train. If you want d20 to succeed, you need to keep in
mind that *some* people need to actually make a profit and protect their
IP...or this will just turn into a license pursued by net-people and those
that haunt Kinko's in the wee hours of the evening.
>> 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.
>
But wait! You folks don't want me to be able to reprint the D20SRD, thus
shooting yourself in the foot at the starting line!
-Paul @ CFE/NSG
www.sneaky-leech-bastard.com
