On 21 Aug 00, Rogers scribbled a note about Re: Developer's vs. Consumer's POV.:
> Actually, I was trying to address a point as a consumer. If you put
> something in a gray box in a module and the only reason for the
> shading is OGL-related, as the license describes somewhere else,
> there's going to be consumer confusion. Usually when I see a gray
> box in a game or supplement, I think it means the material is
> optional.
>
Not neccessarily. I have also often seen stats included in various
types of boxes or sidebars. Optional material is most often marked
at the top with the word "Optional"
> AD&D modules used to make it a practice of devoting a page at the
> end of the book to each new monster introduced in the book. That seems
> like a usage that could be compatible with OGL -- in a closed work like a
> module, put the things you intend to share in an appendix followed by the
> license that spells out how they can be shared
Yeah, and as a consumer, I always hated that sort of thing. Having
to flip through a book to find a creature who is listed solely by
name. On the other hand, listing stats along side of the
description, and then again in an appendix may be useful if a
consumer wanted to remove it from a book in order to keep a
collection of such things in a single place
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