> William Olander:
>
>I agree that this could cause some serious difficulties when it comes to
publishing in a magazine. The best way around it of course is the 'fan work'
idea. Anything that gets published in a magazine is considered fan work and
can get pushed in there because of that.
Of course, but that wasn't my point. The OGF needs press coverage (in
addition to 3rd party publishers) to achieve credibility in the mass market.
> If you get into the Open Gaming Aspect of it, then either the whole
magazine is an Open Project with the majority of the mag being considered
PI.. OR.. each article get's written under the OGL.. which of course means
including the entire contract in itty bitty tiny print at the very bottom of
each article that uses it.
No magazine is going to submit to being under the OGL entirely. Each
advertiser and contributor who used a trademark would need to get prior
written permission before the thing could go to press. Why on earth would
they want to buy into that kind of pain? The OGF needs some kind of
positive press to get rolling, and I think that means a special clause of
some kind to allow it.
-Brad
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