Matthew Sprange wrote:
See above. Follow those guidelines and you cannot go wrong. At all. Yes,Actually, that is the root of the problem.
it means there is more work involved, as you have to rewrite everything but,
to be frank, that is neither here nor there.
Back when he still worked for Wizards, Ryan Dancy stated his position that you COULD copy D&D, rule-for-rule, and publish it without contacting wizards. Or, if you could get yourself alinged with their interets, you could e-mail them and ask for permission to copy their text.
The OGL changed that, as Wizards offered their new flagship system for anyone to use--but only if "anyone" used the same license and reciporcated the benefits back to Wizards and anyone else who uses the OGL.
If your OGL product requires someone to re-write your rules, or to contact you if they want to re-use something, then you're not keeping up your part of the bargain.
To be Frank, you're all but tossing the OGL out, and if the community wasn't so friendly, you'd have been sued by now. I'm certainly not going to suggest that you should be taken to court, but you shouldn't be surprised when freelancers, fants, and small companies complain about your less-than-generous OGC declarations.
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