> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard > Stewart > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 10:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Ogf-l] Open Gaming Alert: Action! System by GRG > > > Maybe it might have to do with the fact that OGLE is ONLY the SURD right > now.
I'm confused. Please explain "OGLE" and "SURD". I'm not familiar with these acronyms. > I guess the point I am trying to make is that the OGLE right now is JUST the > SRD...which are ok mechanics. I would like to see if GRG release their > rules to SRD would achieve the same goal they are trying to attain. Heck, > maybe if someone takes the first leap besides WotC a large number of us > might release our rules to the pot as well. If by this you mean "the OGL right now is JUST the SRD", I'm afraid you're mistaken. The OGL is a license; the SRD is a document released under that license. Other documents can also be released under that license and yet have absolutely nothing to do with the SRD. The first three games released under the OGL were neither SRD-based nor even RPGs. (Hi, Korath!) So Gold Rush could license their rules under the OGL without having to worry about the SRD at all. If there are things they don't like about the license, they should create another one; but if they just want a useable open license, why pay lawyers to craft a new one after Wizards paid THEIR lawyers to craft the OGL? In other words: if they hate the concept of Product Identity (for example), get a new license; but if they don't want to be confused with the SRD, use the OGL but promote their own logo. Consumers, by and large, see the d20 logo, not the OGL. It would be up to Gold Rush to establish a similarly recognizable mark, no matter what license they use. Martin L. Shoemaker Martin L. Shoemaker Consulting, Software Design and UML Training [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.MartinLShoemaker.com http://www.UMLBootCamp.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
