RE: [Ogf-l] Free20 - What it is, what it isn't, and what I'm goi

[William Olander]

*chuckle* This is going to be good. I could offer a couple of answers. Here's a nice version and a mean version.   1. Nice Version: The SRD just went official. This means its time for people to take a good long look at the SRD, the OGL, and the STL and come to grips with what exactly it's used for. When it comes right down to it, people are very protective of their work and don't want people to mess it up. When it was just people on this list in the process it was ok and could be dealt with, now the idea of lots and lots of people using this work indiscriminately and wrongly has a number of people justifiably worried.   2. Mean Version: The SRD just went official. In effect this means that it's over. The great experiement has gone through and seems ok. Now that it has, what's next on to do. All the liscences have been created and are there. But wait, if we go out and create a new liscence then that's something new for us to be able to work on and a new way for us to keep outselves feeling important.     Ok, the mean version didn't sound so mean at first so I juicied it up ;-) -Bill (Stirring the pot) -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Vining [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 2:51 PM To: ogf-l Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] Free20 - What it is, what it isn't, and what I'm goi Why can't we just work to make the OGL serve everyone's needs.  You all are assuming you need these new things based on some really lame evidence.  Why aren't you all willing to give the OGL a fair try first?  This is what I don't understand.  Ryan told me over a year ago that the OGL was the result of a very long series of drawn out discussions.  IIRC, it was around the same time you all were trying to help me put two and two together and convince me the the OGL was great and easy to interpret!!!!!   ... but it's like everyone is doing a 180 and I don't understand why.   What changed?    Maggie   ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Meerschaert Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 2:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] Free20 - What it is, what it isn't, and what I'm goi -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Vining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Huh?  Your first paragraph seems like a contradiction to me.   Why not just make it completely > open?  Why deal with PI at all?  The OGL does that very effectively, IMO. I'm sorry to bring this > up but I just don't get it. : ( It's not a contradiction; it's a redundancy based on the OGL.  I don't want to have a mark that, if Green Ronin slaps on a Freeport module, then lets *anyone* take it and make a twisted, "just plain wrong" version of "Green Ronin's Freeport."  Admitidly, the "no trademarks" rule probably already covers this, but it never hurts to be safe. DM _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com