I doubt we are ever going to see eye to eye on this, but that's cool.
Everyone's entitled to their opinions. Through these differences of opinion
we strengthen the community. The world would be a boring place if everyone
agreed on everything.
Darren wrote:
>No, I'm not wrong. I think i am just looking at the Open Gaming Community
>differently than most other people are.
>
>For me the Open Gaming community is a subset of the D&D Community. I think
it
>will eventually break away though. From the sounds of it, it sounds like
>everyone else views the two as the same thing.
Are you a member of the D&D Community?
Are you a member of the Open Gaming Community?
>From your posts, think it is safe to say that you don't consider yourself a
member of the D&D Community. But you certainly are a member of the Open
Gaming Community.
If any member of the Open Gaming Community are not a member of the D&D
Community, then the
"Open Gaming Community is a subset of the D&D Community" is not accurate.
It would be more accurate to say the the Open Gaming Community intersects
the D&D Community.
While I don't agree with the "Open Gaming Community is a subset of the D&D
Community" statement, even if it were, the D&D Community is a subset of
the Gaming Community as a whole making the Open Gaming Community is a subset
of the Gaming Community as a whole. To me, thinking of the OG Community as
a separate entity undermines its purpose, strength and usefulness.
>I also see it as a development community, although I know that isn't really
all
>that accurate. Comes from what side of the house I'm on i suppose.
I see that side of things as the Open Gaming Development Community, a subset
of the Open Gaming Community which devotes itself to developing new OGC.
>Generally when people are talking about selling modules, they aren't
targeting
>the Open Gaming Community, they are targeting the D&D community through the
D20
>Logo.
>
>If both communities are the same, then i can see the modules (even the
entirely
>closed modules) as contributing to the Open Gaming Community.
>
>If they are separate, then I don't see the all closed modules as being all
that
>contribute to the OG Community. After all, for most D&D consumers, the D20
logo
>will equal D&D, not Open Gaming.
There are more applications to the D20Logo than just D&D compatible OGC.
The D20STL is not very restrictive at all. Like I stated in a previous
post, you can publish a completely new rules system under the OGL, make it
open, and then turn around and publish later supplements to that rule system
using the D20 Logo.
Chris
www.IDrankWhat.org
www.coincidental.net
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