At 07:39 AM 10/17/00 -0700, Clark Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm pretty sure that Steve is intending to post to the
>list saying that it will be real easy to get
>permission to use CC monster names for any products
>you might be considering making.
If you have to ask permission to use something, it detracts from the reuse
considerably, in my opinion. If White Wolf is hoping to see monsters from
the Creature Collection adopted in modules and settings from other D20
developers, closing the names works against that goal.
>Wait a minute? You arent actually claiming that the
>first company to put out a hard-backed 200+ page book
>full of open content monsters doesnt get Open Gaming,
>are you?
It depends on what White Wolf is trying to accomplish. If its only goal
in open gaming is to sell a bunch of books -- nothing wrong with that --
then the CC will probably do that, no matter how much of it is closed.
However, I think the company missed an opportunity by closing all of
the monster names. I would have been much more interested in the
book if some monsters were entirely open.
Rogers Cadenhead
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www.prefect.com
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