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From: Doug Meerschaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Not to be condescending, but "no, Open Source and Open Game are two
>different ideas."
Open Gaming is just an extension of the ideas of Open Source to the gaming
industry. Both focus on the giving anyone the ability to freely modify and
redistribute materials released under them. Forgive me for using the terms
interchangable in my previous message.
>What's questioned is our permission (which is what *ALL* open licenses work
>off of) for someone else to make a derivitive work / alter any part of
>Dunandralis and distribute it *without our consent.*
>
>And even that's misleading, as all that we would cover is the "product
>identity" that all of the content-producing companies on the wagon make you
>pay for, but we let you distribute for free.
Thanks for the clarification. I believe that I was too closely analyzing
the wording of the previous messages and not focusing on their intent. It
makes sense to me now. You plan on releasing it under the OGL, making use
of the D20SRD but keeping a large portion of the content closed. But you
make that closed content freely available to distibution so long as it is
not modified. Sounds good to me. This easily fits under the OGL. It fits
under Open Gaming, just the entire setting is not going to be made Open
Content.
>>IMHO, quantity never makes up for quality. This is a good reason not to
>>include Dunandralis under the blanket of Open Gaming. Were the setting
>>released under the OGL you would lose the control that you desire to
>>maintain over its development.
>
>No, we wouldn't. That's what the "Product Identity" means. PI is *THE*
>difference between OS and OGC... and it's necesssary, as no one ever bought
>a RPG because of the really great technical support.
Having spend 3 years in technical support and hating it, I think that would
be one type of tech support job that I might enjoy. ;)
>>It sounds like your best option it copyright Dunandralis to the list,
>>committee,community, whatever you decide but provide it as freely
available
>>for use and distribution without modification.
>
>Thanks for the advice, Chris.
Any time. I wish you luck in the project. Maybe one of these days when my
schedule becomes less hectic, I will be able to contribute to the Dunadralis
list myself.
Chris
www.IDrankWhat.org
www.coincidental.net
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