I say why not? Do I expect anything out of it? No. Nor do I expect anything when I wave good morning to my neighbor. I do it because it is polite.
Not really looking for collaborators, or partners, or anything either. I haven't even done any d20 work in about nine months since I have been working on other things (and systems). I guess in the end I see it as something I do for me. Tim -- Timothy S. Brannan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Reginald Cablayan > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 2:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Ogf-l] courtesy & OGC > > > What is courtesy? I know it's not a legal obligation, as Lee pointed out. > The OGL does not specify that I must "request" the > owner/contributor of the > OGC for use in my product, only that if I want to use the PI, I > must acquire > their permission, which is a good time to be (or pretend to be) polite to > said PI owner. > > Then it must be a social gesture. But what do you get out of that? A > connection with that person who may later on ask you to help > collaborate on > some future project? To pay homage to the contributor, hoping that others > will do the same when it comes to your OGC material? Or is it simply > nothing, but it is just the way you are? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web Warlock > > > > I know I am not required to do it by any means, but > > I usually send an email to the publishers under the > > heading "Notification of use of your OGC". > > > > I have received some positive feedback when doing > > this and under the worst circumstances I have only > > been ignored. > > > > It's not asking for permission (which I don't > > really need), it's just more as courtesy to the > > people that did the original work. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
