>From: "LaPierre, Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Maggie,
>I want this site to be open but... as long as there is a restriction to
>what
>can be done with open content IE: If I take some rules and change them to
>conform to another system, if the decision on what I can do with them rests
>with _anyone_ but me then it isn't open.
But Dunandralis *HAS* open content--or will have. What it *ALSO* has is a
large ammount of *CLOSED* Prodcut Identity (as defined in the OGL.)
We're no worse than ANYONE who releases a prodcut with *ANY* Product
Identity.
>We are going to have to decide whether we want control of our IP or an open
>system.
We can do that on a contributor-by-contributor basis, really. We just need
to keep each submission as a seperate document.
>Having an open list means nothing because what happens if someone
>doesn't know how to get on such a list but found the info on someones
>website?
We just have the short "how to join Dunandralis" section on all of our
"product."
>Or someone who doesn't have a computer who acquires a printout from
>a friend? It isn't open content for them.
1: We wouldn't be suing people, unless there was some pretty hefty clear cut
rewards. (WotC murders Maggie, and we file Wrongful Death... or something.)
2: The whole "open" idea depends on the fast communication of the internet.
Not to be offensive to all those listmembers who don't have e-mail access,
but "if you don't have a comptuer today, you might as well not have a
phone."
>I have been very busy lately so I will defer my vote to the majority.
Don't worry--Everyone's really busy right now. :(
DM
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