> Make the open gaming foundation a strong, independent organization that
> serves the needs of the entire gaming community.
>
> I registered those two domains and pointed them to the FAQ
> because Ryan let
> them languish for eight or nine months and I was afraid someone
> unscrupulous
> would take them and point them to a purely commercial site.
Are you going to give your Earth 1066 products away for free AT NO COST
WHATSOEVER and therefore uncommercialize that very large link at the top?
> Actually you are incorrect on that. Legally, Ryan would have to
> sue me in
> federal court and prove that I was "cybersquatting" - registering
> the names
> with no legitimate use with the intention of selling them to the rightful
> owner at a profit. Very difficult, since 1) my legitimate use is
> obvious to
> all, and 2) I have never offered them for sale (and have no intention of
> doing so).
> Both links also point directly to the Open Gaming Foundation FAQ, which
> links right to the Open Gaming Foundation.
Again as above, leveraging the Open Gaming Foundation name for sales of your
own products. My understanding is that reselling a domain name at a profit
is only one criteria on which they would have a claim, not the only one.
> Uh. No - they both point to the FAQ, which links in turn to the
> Open Gaming
> Foundation. As a sponsor who pays for this service I think I am
> entitled to
> a link to my page on the document - at least, you are the first
> person who
> has complained about it out of (literally hundreds) of letters I have
> received thanking me for the service.
Your efforts will certainly appear more altruistic as long as you do not
gain commercial advantage from it.
> I have made no secret of the circumstances under which I will
> freely donate
> all of these resources to the Open Gaming Foundation. Here we are a year
> later after tha announcement that "The Open Gaming Foundation" would be
> created as an independent organization "within the next few months" and
> several things have not happened which cause a great deal of
> alarm in some
> circles.
Is it in your FAQ?
> 1. The Open Gaming "Foundation" doesn't yet exist as a legal entity.
>
> 2. The Open Gaming License is still owned outright by the most powerful
> company in the industry.
>
> 3. That company has yet to officially release *any* Open Game Content,
> although they are receiving tremendous marketing benefits from
> unoffically
> released content that they could yank any time they choose to.
>
> 4. Many friends of mine are investing A >LOT< of their time, effort, and
> money in developing content BASED ON this material that has not been
> officially made available.
This has nothing to do with your use of the domain names. Your reasoning
above seems adversarial to WotC.
> Now, I'm not challenging Ryan here or questioning anybody's
> intentions, or
> even spreading "conspiracy theories" ::grin::. But if YOU don't see the
> value of an independent voice in this situation, then I really don't see
> where you are coming from.
Im seeing domain names used on pages with a link to what looks like a third
party product. Your voice is being heard here, and no doubt on other forums
as well, without the benefit of those domain names.
Outside of the legal issues of the domain names, I think as long as you are
promoting your own products by link, you dont have any credibility as an
independent voice.
--Lynn
