There is one serious flaw in the link to the web page license. That
flaw is that you may release a product under version 1.X or even 0.X in
the year 2000. The product may get bought in December and in year 2001,
version 2 is released. On the web site only the current version is up and
it may contradict what you have done with your product (as it was released
under an older version). This will lead to confusion and head aches. This
type of confusion has already started because of material released under
older versions. Any confusion is a bad thing.
What I would like to see is some sort of legal but shortened version, or
for all of us to come up with the most compact version of the license we can
(that is still legal). I really do understand the money issue of page
counts and usable content vs. legal issue. I think the placement/font/size
that Atlas game used in TDtK is a good example of how it can be included
without wasting an entire page.
Don't get me wrong, I do like your products and direction. I do not
really mean to criticize or unfairly compare.
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From: "Clark Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I agree with that critique. That is why I proposed
originally that we be allowed to link to some other
site where the licenses are located, whether that be
the OGF or WotC. This definately should not be a
marketing ploy. I dont mind putting the licnese in the
product, I just hate that it takes up a page of the
product, which would have pissed me off as a consumer.
And it looks cheesy.
I dont think it is my stance that "you have to own a
computer and be on the web to participate." And I dont
me to keep your hypothetical rural female from
creating d20 product. I am concerned about the very
real world problem of devoting a page of product (that
the consumer has to pay for both in print cost and in
loss of one page of content) to legal notices.
Clark
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