----- Original Message ----- From: "The Sigil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [SNIP] > The "worthless" OGC (my term was "crippled" OGC but oh well) is one of my > pet peeves - and I have made a conscious effort NOT to spend my gaming > dollars on products that feature this. Maybe I'm the only one, but it's > about all I can do, since the license DOES allow it. > > I have always been a fan of Bastion Press' OGC Designations - essentially > "all the text but our name." It's the method I have used in my own > publications also. Bad Axe Games, with their "This Page is OGC," is good > too. > > I guess my philosophy is different than most publishers'. My impression > (right or wrong) is that those who see publishing/writing as a business tend > to be extremely protective and limiting - their attitude seems to be "the > less OGC the better." >
Hi, Your not the only one, I agree with nearly all you said :) I think if publishers did as other publishers on this list appear to do, I.E. if they do make names PI they have a seperate license to use them intact with the description etc. Then I'd be more than happy with that. Yes there would be cases where having just the description as OGC and not the names could still be useful in terms of reuse, but IMHO I'd not find that very useful. I don't expect publishers to make things too OGC after all they have to make a living from what they publish. This is complete speculation now, and I have no grounds for this, but I thought I'd ask :P I remember reading that in order to publish under the OGL or was it d20STL? That you had to open up a certain amount of content. Now would I be cynical in thinking that a minority (and I stress minority, as I've only come across one or two products so far) that are releasing "crippled" (thats a better word cheers :P ) OGC?? PS I think the term crippled that you use is much better, mine implied the content was worthless however in some cases it did serve a purpose, so I'll use crippled from now on :) Gary. _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
