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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian DeSpain
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 4:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Open_Gaming] Test of D20 and NDA question
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>>But see, that's what I don't understand. Why are some of you taking these
>>risks without knowing the future of D20 and/or the OGL? No one from WotC
has
>>promised anything.
>Actually not true.
I respectfully disagree. Maggie is technically correct: until the final
licenses are released, WotC has proposed but not promised. They could still
have legal say, "Absolutely not, no way to avoid losing the D&D trademark",
they could still cancel the program, and we could all have spent a lot of
time for nothing. Yhey would still own the D20 trademark, which would become
a trademark for the common D20 mechanic behind all new WotC games.
Will this happen? My crystal ball is broken. A month ago, I would have said,
"No way." But the delays in the program make me a lot less confident.
>>From what I can see... it is just an idea that they are
>>thinking about. What will you do if WotC decides that the OGL and D20 are
a
>>bad idea for now?
>First off I think you are trolling the list.
You are welcome to draw what conclusions you like. So far, I have felt
Maggie's questions to simply represent a skeptical point of view.
>Secondly the OGL represents a protection for both WOTC and any game company
that
>wants to produce OGL content. D20 and OGL have long passed from "they
are
>just thinking about stage". Thirdly life is full of risks, without some
risk
>there is almost certainly no chance for profit ;-)
All good points. I actually think there are plenty of grounds for skepticism
about D20 and OGL. I also think that innovative ideas succeed because people
ignore their skepticism and try them anyway. It only takes one winning idea
to make up for a lot of losing ideas.
Martin L. Shoemaker
Emerald Software, Inc. -- Custom Software and UML Training
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www.EmeraldSoftwareInc.com
www.UMLBootCamp.com
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