Kal Lin said:
"I would certianly have to agree this is not anything like GNU/Linux.
But before you chastise people for coming here with GNU in their minds,
Ryan describes Open Gaming by reference to GNU or Linux."
I've read all that material, and I'm not chastising anyone for wanting to
release their own material openly. I *am* pointing out that by calling
other people foul things, branding them, and hounding them any time they
don't do it the way "they" like things done, it is going to HURT things more
than it will help.
The general philosophy is the same, however, you will NOT see the same
things happening in Open Gaming. Anyone who wants to think (or holds out
hope) that you WILL (at least as far as d20 is concerned) is most likely
very wrong. It won't be viral, because WoTC will not let it. They're a
corporation, and this is their spearhead (it is not a WoTC specific license,
but it is the one they'll use.) As such, you'll see things proceed
differently than it might otherwise.
NOBODY is stopping you from making an OGL of your own, and distributing in a
COMPLETELY open manner. You will not be able to work with the d20 system if
you do so, however. (Ryan has noted that the work has gone in to this one,
and that's what WoTC will be going with.) The bottom line is this: if you
want it any more open, you'll do it yourselves, and I don't see any of you
really moving in that direction right now. (I think Ryan poined out earlier
that people were welcome to come up with their own OGL, but that THIS one
was the one that WoTC and d20 would be goverened by. I think that after how
much time has passed, he might really want to get it locked down some time
this YEAR, don't you?)
-Mathew Gray
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