> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alec A.
> Burkhardt
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 8:24 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [Ogf-l] Ok, It's afternoon now...
>
>
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, John J. Kaufman wrote:
>
> > Of course the SRD is released on the Wizard's site... and not on the OGF
> > website.
> >
> > Which I understand in theory, but disagree with in practice.
> >
> > -John
>
> May I ask why? Shouldn't all OGL material be released by the publisher of
> that material? It doesn't make much more sense for the OGF to release the
> SRD than it would for the OGF to release any of the current D20 products
> on the market. The OGF is NOT the publisher of the SRD nor could it be
> (without a licensing agreement with Wizards, thereby making the entire OGL
> concept somewhat ridiculous). But since the SRD is completely open, now
> that it has been released by its publisher, anyone is free to make the
> whole thing available under the terms of the OGL. I'm sure it'll be on
> the OGF site soon. And probably in a few other places before too long.
Exactly! Until Wizards published it under the OGL, the Foundation could not
legally publish it as OGC. Legally, this was the only possible order of
release.
Martin L. Shoemaker
Martin L. Shoemaker Consulting, Software Design and UML Training
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