> > How for example would you recommend to
> > "clearly identify" as OGC a binary file?
> That's why I've suggested that only using an Open Source license could you
> comply with the OGL; you would not distribute the binary, you'd just
> distribute the source.
Ryan, you are speaking about binary executable. I'm speaking about binary file in
general -
something you can't read or edit with notepad. Even PDF file is binary in fact - just
because Adobe
viewer is so widespread we tend to forget it. ( Still, i wonder can person on BeOS
read PDF file. Is
PDF material "clearly identified OGC" for BeOS user? )
My field of expertise is maps, but I'm sure there are other binary formats which RPG
authors may
want to distribute with their works. Like CG3 files generated by chargen on PHB CD.
other formats MT
and NWN will introduce. I bet none of them would be plain text where you can include a
header.
Say author creates setting with 10 named NPCs - it make all since he will include 10
NPC
files along with PDF module so end user can easily tweak them before playtime and
print out.
Or database of author OGC creatures, items, spells. Final user have easier time
browsing the
database then going through text file. I personally trying to support open text
formats whenever
i can - but sometime its simply technically impossible.
- Max
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