woodelf wrote:
You don't think mandating that all OGC be freely available in an
editable digital format (say, HTML, ASCII, RTF, or somesuch) would
have an effect on the development of new open game products?
It would. But it wouldn't be followed. Anyone who didn't want the
expense would just
At 15:49 -0400 8/5/03, Martin L. Shoemaker wrote:
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> At 13:31 -0400 8/4/03, Martin L. Shoemaker wrote:
> > > At 6:00 -0400 8/4/03, Martin L. Shoemaker wrote:
> >> >* Does the PI ever appear inside material marked as OGC?
>>
>> Why that question? The whole point o
At 01:14 PM 8/5/2003 -0400, Doug Meerschaert wrote:
Noticed the following quote in a review
(http://www.d20zines.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=558&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0)
of the PDF version of the SRD that some opportunisitc company is selling.
"While some intre
That's what I gathered :)
Bryan
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Bryan Gillispie wrote:
> Th
Please post any info you get.
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I sent an email to the author asking him about the comment.
I'll postthe reply if I get one (if anyo
On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 10:14, Doug Meerschaert wrote:
> Did I miss some grand announcement? Did someone issue a decree that the
> OGF (not WotC, the OGF!) will only endorse a few formats of the SRD?
I suspect that they're relying on the previous era under the
"gentleperson's agreement" where the
On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 08:37 AM, woodelf wrote:
I wasn't actually addressing your particular product, just the blanket
statement that merely avoiding the stated definition will keep you
safe.
Right. Understood.
*If* Ryan is correct and WotC is still following that opinion, and
lots
On 11 Aug 2003 09:15:02 -0700
"Ryan S. Dancey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 15:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > Personally, I don't think those restrictions are worth WotC's
> > time anymore
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> Me neither, but I suspect our opinions are diametrically opposed to
> the cur
On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 07:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I studied that
puppy very close before deciding to make my product a commercial
venture, as should anyone. My conclusion is that I am very safe.
Define very safe...
By "very safe" I mean I within the boundaries set by the d20 STL.
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Basically, I agree. Our original goal was to make a PDF for our own d20
project group's use. A few people suggested we make it available to others,
and we said, why not? Laying out the entire text anew, as per your
suggestion, would have made it even better, but it
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conversion, so that my produce a better-looking PDF in the future.
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The folks at "www.theothergamecompany.com" have chapters in their "free stuff" section which have layout targeted for printing handouts. It's fairly attractive.
The best HTML layout I found was the Bombshell Studios v. 3.
On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 02:51 PM, DarkTouch wrote:
Something like saying:
Character Creation rules include those rules that would assaign a
point cost to X?
Right, which is pretty much what I said.
In the past Wizards has gotten as specific as saying "you can't put
the phrase 'Core rule
On Saturday, August 9, 2003, at 03:14 PM, woodelf wrote:
The d20 STL is actually very specific about what it means by
"character creation" and if you word things carefully, you can
actually put a lot of character creation stuff in a product. I am
working on a product whose entire point is chara
In a message dated 8/10/03 4:27:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I studied that
puppy very close before deciding to make my product a commercial
venture, as should anyone. My conclusion is that I am very safe.
Define very safe... You might end up with a finished product
I wish to make a product that is D20 compatable, with character creation
guidlines... thefore violating the D20 license. I realize I would have to
release this book without the D20 logo.
Are there any other "logos" that can be used to denote that a pdf product is
d20 compatable?
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> At 13:31 -0400 8/4/03, Martin L. Shoemaker wrote:
> > > At 6:00
Something like saying:
Character Creation rules include those rules that would assaign a point
cost to X?
In the past Wizards has gotten as specific as saying "you can't put the
phrase 'Core rulebook' on the cover of your product" because people were
doing it. If people are doing it and it goes
Hello, friends and peers in the gaming industry,
We at Gen Con have decided to offer a 50% refund to Gen Con Indy 2003
Saturday-only attendees due to the extensive line difficulties we had on
that day. The details of the offer are below.
I'd like to get this out across the internet anyplace where
In a message dated 8/5/03 3:28:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Or does anyone have reason to believe that any of the above fall into
the category of clear to the law, if ambiguous to the layperson?
I think some of your questions were not always ambiguous, but more so case/
So we moved on to two other projects, XML and OGC Archives. Both of
those have also slowed to a crawl due to lack of time (on the part of
the project leaders) and lack of volunteers to assist.
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Is it still an option to use the Prometheus system and OPenDie logo?
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Seems like a very misleading review.
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(Was huh?)
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Bryan Gillispie wrote:> This is the
reply I recie
--- Scott Metzger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1) I do believe it is possible to release a binary as OGL.
>
> 2) I have already done this. I have two executables and a dll that
> are OGL on my website, Monster 3.1, Faster Tools, and d20random.dll
> (part of the Faster Tools install). http://yoy
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Leroy Van Camp III wrote:
> > *If* Ryan is correct and WotC is still following that opinion, and
> > lots of products start showing up that describe chargen in other ways
> > (such as through point builds), they'll just change the license.
> > Unlike the WotC OGL, they c
At 18:52 -0600 8/9/03, Leroy Van Camp III wrote:
On Saturday, August 9, 2003, at 03:14 PM, woodelf wrote:
Has it ever been established for certain whether the description of
character creation in the D20STL is definitive or exemplary? I
don't think there's ever been an official pronouncement fr
Noticed the following quote in a review
(http://www.d20zines.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=558&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0)
of the PDF version of the SRD that some opportunisitc company is selling.
"While some intrepid souls have freely offered SRD compilations in pd
By request of the publisher, the new Anime d20 System Reference Document
is now available for download on the OGF site.
In a few weeks I'll be adding the d20 3.5 SRD an the d20 Modern SRD as
well.
Ryan
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Especially since the word "Official" doesn't appear anywhere on the
product page, purchase page or the press release announcing the product.
Dallas
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> >So we moved on to two other projects, XML and OGC Archives. Both of
> >those have also slowed to a crawl due to lack of time (on
> the part of
> >the project leaders) and lack of volunteers to assist.
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> Is it still an option to use the Prometheus system an
Hi,
Why was the 3.0 SRD droped from hosting on the Open Gaming Foundation?
The 3.0 SRD is still valid OGL, I think it should be continued to be
hosted.
Thank You,
Scott Metzger
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--- woodelf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 12:36 -0700 8/5/03, Fred wrote:
> >Now if they'd only make the Anime D20 SRD as printer-friendly as the
> >D20 3.5 SRD...
>
> do a search for Evil Hat productions and the Animed20SRD--he's put
> together a *really* nicely-formatted PDF of the entire t
At 13:21 -0600 8/9/03, Leroy Van Camp III wrote:
On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 09:44 AM, The LE wrote:
I wish to make a product that is D20 compatable, with character
creation guidlines... thefore violating the D20 license. I realize
I would have to release this book without the D20 logo.
What k
> From: DarkTouch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> You might try checking into the Prometheus Gaming System..
> I'm not sure where they are.
We're "paused."
>> last time I checked in with their web site though, it looked as
>> though WotC had successfully derailed them by including them
>>
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