On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 09:04 -0700, Clark Peterson wrote: > Robert- > I guess I have two answers to your question:
<snip> All good points too. Thanks very much for taking them time to lay them out. I actually don't disagree with them in any respect. More to think about. Specifically, your point about section 5 of the OGL is a very good one to have attached to this thread, for anyone else who comes along with the same idea/questions in mind. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the better course of action would be to try to get a license agreement hammered out with original author that includes permission to release a "derivative work" as Open Game Content. That is actually the course of action that my first big project followed. I spent years tracking down the original authors, and obtained the permissions to create a derivative of their original game, which definitely and clearly comes under the "Authority to Contribute" as an open game. I tried to follow the same idea with this specific publisher too, but having no luck, this idea came up of creating a play-alike game though the USPTO related to copyrights and game rules. The difference between the two projects comes from the difference in the authors of the games. One game I am writing is from authors who are readily available and interested in seeing a tabletop version of their computer game brought to life, versus this other publisher who doesn't communicate. at all. One game is getting written and played while the other languishes into obscurity. A lot of offlist mail is suggesting I let it die, anyway, and maybe that is what the author really wants and the best course of action overall. Thanks again, to everyone, for the posts on these. I am so glad I asked for professional help and opinions on this up-front. -- Robert "Exile In Paradise" Murphey "The student in question is performing minimally for his peer group and is an emerging underachiever." _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
