In a message dated 09/29/2000 10:18:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> If a group restricts membership, then what is keeping the
> work from being freely copied, modified and distributed.
>
> What you need if you are creating a world that is open to anyone to
> contribute, but you have specific guidelines on what can be considered
> "official" material for the world, is to have a Setting license, and a
> logo (and Trademark) very much like the D20STL, and the D20 logo.
I started deleting the last thread when people got nasty, so I think I missed
a lot of comments. I'm sorry I missed yours.
This is a really useful idea and it might be the best solution because it
allows for both quality control and open contribution. The one problem I
have with it is that I can't see how it could be modified to allow for more
community interaction _before_ an idea becomes official. But it might be
possible if the group who made up the "Quality Control" were automatically
composed of anyone who participated in that license. That group could be run
by a set of rules... etc.
It's almost the exact opposite of what I proposed, but it seems more
flexible, IMO.
But how does it start and who makes up the guidelines? I guess that would
change from project to project.
Maggie
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