RE: [Open_Gaming] discussing an Open World License

[Weldon Dodd]

kevin kenan wrote:
> > The benefit of keeping a world closed is in maintaining a coherent
> > geography, politcal situation, racial make-up, history, etc....
> 
> Right, but is that benefit more valuable to the users? It seems to me
> that the right to use, copy, modify and distribute the material is
> more valuable to users than the benefit of a single, consistent
> storyline that can not be modified and shared. 

Which users are you talking about? If we're talking about end-users in the sense of 
DM's that are running adventures in the setting, then the closed world might be better 
in terms of the self-consistency and coherency of the materials. If you're talking 
about d20 authors, then the open content is obviously valuable to the author who wants 
to add some more flavor or detail to his materials by drawing from open content.

Weldon Dodd
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