While W&V is *derived*, it is not *declared*. Unfortunately, Wizards tends to have the monopoly of doing this.
But, by the same merit, that's *always* been their angle, and one would assume this is intentional. About the only thing that ticks me off is that every 2-3 months a rumor starts that W&V is going into the SRD. I personally stopped listening to those rumors after one too many let downs. Ofcourse, I'm hoping my own mechanics aren't so similar to W&V that I'm told to pull 'em, yet being similar was the only way I've found to get the same effect. ~Ol' Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Cutbill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 8:21 AM Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] Just for the fun of it... > Fred, > > I see that you have clearly failed to see my point. > > I cannot legally create a game based in my own IP (let's call it > Dustbin Wars), and use the SRD for the rules mechanics and not declare > the rules mechanics or anything derived from SRD mechanics as Open > Content. I have to do that under the terms of the licence of the > material I'm building on. > > Yet in saying the Vitality/Wound points system is not Open Content, it > appears that Wizards have done exactly that: > > Used SRD Open Content (which admittedly they authored, but then > declared Open Content), and created a game called Star Wars using a > lot of Open Content and a new "HP" systems /derived/ from Open > Content, yet everyone appears to be saying that it isn't Open Content. > > I've already conceded that I'm wrong, I wanna know why. My argument > appears to be sound, but there is clearly a big hole in it I'm not > seeing! > > Martin. > > > > So, if the Wounds/Vitality system is a direct extrapolation of the > > > Open Content HP system, it is, by definition, Open Content too. > > > > It's not. Nothing in the Star Wars game is open content. > > > > > Now I agree that all the Lucasfilm IP is not Open Content as > Product > > > Identity, but surely the D20 mechanics of the VP/WP system are. > > > > No, not surely. > > > > > I suspect that the answer is that I'm wrong, and that's cool, but > I'd > > > really like to know why! > > > > Because nothing in Star Wars is open content. > > > _______________________________________________ > Ogf-l mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l > _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
