-----Original Message----- From: Rogers Cadenhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >While it's possible that publishers >will go head-to-head in the same settings trying to become the >most well-established source, I think it's more likely that people >will stick to their own things unless there's an unmet need. There >are a number of gaming communities that would have kept roleplaying >games alive after publishers abandoned them -- one of them is The >Fantasy Trip. If that game had been published under an open license, >the community could still be supporting it with commercial products, >20 years after the publishers gave up on it. This is very true. I know a lot of people who are still creating new content for Star Frontiers to this day after TSR abandoned it in the late 80's. If Star Frontiers were released as open content at least some of them would probably start publishing pretty soon thereafter. One stance that I would like to see OGF take would be to encourage game companies to release old games which they no longer support or publish (and never plan to again) but still retain the rights to as Open Content. Chris www.IDrankWhat.org www.coincidental.net ------------- For more information, please link to www.opengamingfoundation.org
