In a message dated 10/6/01 5:30:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< The question I would then have for Gold Rush is this: What is the intended purpose of the 3 logos? Are they intended as a means to indicate compatibility OR are they intended as a means to control brand indentity? >> That's pretty fairly explained on the web site, I think. (Not to sound snippy; I'm just tired after a long con day and not particularly motivated to retype a page of text here <G>). << IF you are using it as a means of controlling your property ie. You can use our stats and rules but ONLY if you put this logo on it then creating your own license is the way to go. You may loose some of the die hard Open Movement supporters that way, but not too much to worry about. On the other hand, if you just want a compatibility indicator ie. You can put our logo on if you meet the following standards... then rather than re-inventing the wheel I'd recommend going this route: 1- The Action! SRD - Put All of your open rules into a single product/file and release it under the OGL.>> Thanks for the thought but that's not something we're considering at at this point. << 2- The Action! STL - Open up the D20STL, Change all references to D20 system to Action! system and change all references to Wizards of the Coast to Gold Rush Games. >> I don't believe we could do that even if we wanted to. << 3- The Action! STL Guide - This one is the complicated one. The D20STL Guide is Open Content so you can use it as a template for your own. Go through and define what the basic requirements are in order to use each of the 3 Logos on your product. >> << It'll be interesting to see how well you pull it off. You'll find that by and large people will use and publish compatible works under this license particularly if you include the ability to include character creation. >> Indeed. I'm intereted to see how well we pull it off, as well. ;) << A significant minority will probably publish hybrid rules(Action!/D20) just out of a sense of experimentation since would become possible. They wouldn't however be able to use either the D20 or Action! logos. >> There you go. Mark Arsenault President, Gold Rush Entertainment, Inc. | http://www.goldrushg.com Executive Director, The Game Publishers Assoc. | http://www.thegpa.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20% off all design & publishing packages! http://www.goldenpillarpublishing.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
