In a message dated 8/20/00 9:49:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>If everyone does that, where is the OGC material going to come from? I
>don't think there's a stigma in doing proprietary work or wanting to own
>your own work. If Paul Lidberg wants to hold onto the Hungarian film
>rights for Attack of the Humans, more power to him.
Actually, all rights for Attack of the Humans belong to Phil Reed (Propaganda
Publishing) except for those he has licensed to me.
But that is beside the point -- if I were to produce a d20 version of Attack
Of The Humans ( to continue your example) and make it all open content, then
what would prevent *you* from making a film for AOTH for Hungary (or
whereever)? Nothing.
OGC is open for everyone always for all derivations (that is how I read it)
which means that anything I open up is lost to me as a profit center for the
future.
Call me a money-grubbing bastard if you'd like (and I'm not saying you have),
but I need to be profitable in this or I'll just go back and publish with my
*own* systems that *will* make me money.
-Paul @ CFE/NSG
www.teamfrog.com
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