Just wanted to say that I think that OGL XML encoded versions of various
data found in the SRD (gee, how many acronyms? :> ) are well within the
spirit of the OGL. The real issue is defining them into a sensible data
format. After all, XML is effectively nothing more than a database format
that stores as HTML-like text. Now if someone wants to define a format and
OGL it...
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Skibinsky
Sent: 03 January 2001 09:43
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Subject: Re: [ogf-d20-l] D20 & Shareware
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>
> Yes. The only issue you'll have to resolve is how to comply with the
terms
> of the OGL which limit your ability to restrict redistribution of OGC.
Ideally, I was hoping, as D20 is growing it will come to state where there
is a community-shared
pool of OGC data stored in open XML-based formats. Various software
developers may provide different
interfaces/applications to process or display that data sharing same formats
and open interfaces.
For example you can get NPC & NPC Treasure generator from vendor A, then
plug-in NPC Treasure
generator from vendor B. Vendor A NPC will appear with Vendor B treasures,
which could be loaded by
handheld software from Vendor C to help during the playtime, or displayed on
the PC using software
from vendor D, etc... This could lead to very interesting development in
computer-assisted table
RPG, where every DM basically can configure his own RPG-system using various
available computer OGC
resources / modules without committing to formats and proprietary decisions
from a single software
vendor...
- Max
