From: "Faustus von Goethe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I have NEVER spoken out in favor of IP violations & in fact believe very
> passionately in the concept.
You are suggesting that the complexity (such as it is) of complying with the
OGL means that "fans" (whatever that means) can't or won't (I'm not sure
what you're claiming, since they can, and are using it right now today) use
OGL/d20 licensed sources to publish derivative works, for fear of
accidentally calling down the thunder by violating someone's copyright
through a mistake in identifying Product Identity somewhere along the
publication chain.
I'm saying that many of those self-same people (not all, but some) have been
flat out breaking the law for years and publishing completely illegal
derivative works. If they're willing to break the law, they're certainly
not going to be worried about PI infringement. Which they don't seem to be.
In droves.
Using the OGL and the d20 STL, and the SRD, and all sorts of other sources
including things like the Creature Collection is just what they're doing.
At last count (when I stopped counting) the number of web sites I had
identified with OGL (d20) content on them was over 300. Only a fraction of
those people had any intention of ever publishing anything commercially.
Frankly, I grow tired of all the incessent doom-saying. Let other people
worry about themselves. You just worry about you. They don't need your
protection and they don't need someone to look out for them. They're
perfectly capable of being rational adults and excerising reasonable
caution.
The central point of your core argument, that the OGL is too sophisticated
for people who don't want to consult a lawyer to use is demonstrably false.
Let's stop wasting bandwidth on the topic.
Ryan
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