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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brad
Thompson
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 1:26 PM
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Subject: RE: [ogf-d20-l] Update to the D20 STL
<< > would a definition of a "roleplaying game" be appropriate for the
guide's
> General Definitions section?
I like this idea, since I think the D20 System should be restricted to
Roleplaying Games. The logo loses value if it can also be applied to
'Tilez' and 'Take' (not that those are bad efforts, they are great open
games, just not the same thing as a roleplaying game). >>
I'll bet a satisfactory definition of "roleplaying game" is hard. I also
think it misses your more fundamental point: nothing in the license nor the
guide describes what type of work the logo may be used on at all. d20
cookbooks are allowed.
I _thought_ that the minimum content clause would cover this, since that
would be a more practical rule than trying to define RPG. But I just looked
again; and it's no longer a requirement for a percentage of derived content,
but merely for a percentage of Open Game Content. 'Tiles' and 'Take', being
100% OGC, do indeed qualify. And d20 cookbooks are allowed, if one page out
of 20 is an open cooking game.
Hey, Ryan, I would never DO this; but I'm tempted to promise to rerelease
'Tilez' and 'Take' with the d20 logo as a way to force this issue to a head.
I know this was discussed at length, but I don't recall any conclusions: is
there a reason why the requirement can't be for a percentage of derivative
OGC, derived from the D20 SRD or from another d20 product?
Martin L. Shoemaker
Emerald Software, Inc. -- Custom Software and UML Training
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