Re: [Open_Gaming] Question about The Wizard's Amulet

[Chris DeLisle]

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From: Clark Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


>Rogers wrote:
>
>"I don't think it's fair to ask people to go through
>that hoop just to find out the licensing terms that
>apply to the product. The license should be included
>in full in any publication that uses it."
>
>Fair to whom?
>
>Here is the problem with that position. Only a maximum
>of 5% of purchasers are ever going to care about
>whether content is open or closed because it has no
>impact on running the game. The only people who would
>care are future d20 developers who want to use
>something from my work in their future work. And that
>is probably only 5% or that 5% that cared in the first
>place. So I guess I dont mind a system or notice that
>is convenient to 99% and inconvenient to 1%. Because a
>purchaser is going to be pissed to see they spent
>money on a product with two pages that are full of
>usless legal crap (in their minds). If that makes a
>potential d20 producer have to check my web site, I
>dont think that is so onerous.


I disagree with this attitude.  What you propose it completely
understandable from a publishing and marketing standpoint.


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