Bob, if we ever manage to meet at some convention, you just earned a meal on
me. First round of drinks, too. And the whole list can serve as witnesses.
Martin L. Shoemaker
Emerald Software, Inc. -- Custom Software and UML Training
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www.EmeraldSoftwareInc.com
www.UMLBootCamp.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of LaPierre, Bob
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 11:19 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Open_Gaming] Non-D20 Reference Documents
OK,
Enough with the scare tactics. Faust you have been trying to frighten people
with "the online post is going to happen" well you know what? It won't
matter. There will always be those who will post it even if you set it up on
your site. My point is these are the same people who when one of them buys a
module they photocopy it for all their friends. These are the same people
that will post it to their site that generates about 75 hits a month all
from the same people. Posting it in one repository will generate several
thousand hits and likely cost some sales.
If the owners want to do it your way they will but if you or anyone else
does it without their permission then while technically your right it goes
against the spirit of the foundation. It may be open but it is still _OURS_,
don't take that away from us. The Open Gaming Foundation is about the right
to publish, not the necessity to publish.
Bob
who spent too much time composing and has now missed a free meal.
-----Original Message-----
From: Faustus von Goethe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 5:18 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Open_Gaming] Non-D20 Reference Documents
>And of course, there's the semi-altruistic reason that if budding OGL
>authors come to us to request exhaustive details, we can try to recruit
>them to write for us!
Another concern with the "produce on request" model is when and how you plan
to say "no". If you do say "no" and that person then has to go out and
"extract", they would have a very good argument in court if they made a
"mistake" and accidently included some PI, since they asked you for the
(available) reference document and you refused it.
BTW expect that the day you announce a ref document that me (AND many folks
less scrupulous) to be requesting it. Are you going to say "no"?
My point - the online post is going to happen - we should make it happen
somewhere sensible.
Faust
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