RE: [Ogf-l] The Myth Of Closed Content?

2004-04-11 Thread Michael Cortez
>> "This collection of essays constitutes a compilation. >> While the compilation as a whole is not covered by the >> OGL, the text of section 2 constitutes a work which is >> covered by the OGL. The art in section 2 constitutes >> a separate work which is not covered by the OGL." >> In th

RE: [Ogf-l] PI Spell Names

2004-02-17 Thread Michael Cortez
> So I chose option 2. PI all the names and provide a blanket > license for all spell names. That is easier and simpler for everyone. > > I actually went out of my way to make reuse EASIER for everyone. > > > It pisses me off to hear whiny criticism of something I went > out of my way to do ni

RE: [Ogf-l] PI Spell Names

2004-02-17 Thread Michael Cortez
> > Try Shade Sword or Umbral Weapon or Shadow Sword. > > Seems to me that the nose of the original creator OUGHT to be > tweaked. He clearly does not want to abide by the terms of > the OGL which is to allow things to be reused. I disagree. I think Clark has done a wonderful job in both cont

[Ogf-l] PI Spell Names

2004-02-16 Thread Michael Cortez
I thought I'd ask the community their thoughts on this: A spell that has been submitted to the D20 Exchange comes from a book that declares all it's spell names as PI, and then provides a license to use that spell name (as long as it's marked as PI, and proper attribution is given to the copyright

RE: [Ogf-l] Prometheus

2003-08-14 Thread Michael Cortez
> >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. > >- > > Is it still an option to use the Prometheus system an

RE: [Ogf-l] OGL vs D20

2003-08-14 Thread Michael Cortez
Logos, and explicitly allowed character creation & advancement rules. 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. -- Michae

RE: [Ogf-l] "D20" as Product Identity

2003-07-22 Thread Michael Cortez
>> If you can just source a concept from the public >> domain then you can defeat any PI declaration for >> a concept. You first have to find that concept in the public domain. If the only place you find that concept, is in a OGL work, and it doesn't exist anywhere else, then you can't use it.

RE: [Ogf-l] [PRESS] Guardians Of Order Releases BESM d20 SRD Under OGL

2003-06-26 Thread Michael Cortez
>> This unprecedented action marks the first time a > third-party RPG publisher has released a comprehensive SRD of its d20 > System game to the gaming public, Uh. Wasn't an Action! SRD released? {or am I remembering something wrong?} -- Mike C. ___

RE: [Ogf-l] Paragraph 9 and Revision of the OGL

2003-05-29 Thread Michael Cortez
>> Does anyone else share this particular reading of paragraph 9, >> that material explicitly declared under OGL 2.0 >> as "Open Game Content" in fact would not necessarily be reprinted >> under "any version" of the OGL? Although I don't agree directly, I do agree indirectly. You create a new