> > >Your phone analogy is flawed however, because the OGC released under
>the
> > >OGL
> > >is truly free -
> >
> > Uhhh. Not really. D20 isn't really aa free "game" at all. A game that
> > doesn't tell you how to play isn't really a "game".
>
>Who said it was a free game? I never have. OGC stands for Open Gaming
>Content, not Free Game. It is what it is - a tool for game designers, and
>people who try to make it something else are going to be upset when they
>figure it they were wrong.
If you NAME IT AFTER and say it was INSPIRED BY the "Open Software
Foundation" then people familiar with the OSF are going to be misled. The
"Open Software Foundation's" GOALS are EMPHATICALLY to "serve the needs of
the customer and the individual", NOT the software design companies.
Isn't that what his point has been all along - that the "Open" in "Open
Gaming Foundation" is misleading because it invites comparisons with the
"Open Software Foundation?"
"All you dumb newbies. Assuming we meant 'open' as in 'open',
rather than 'open' as in 'protected'. How could we *ever* make
it 'open' like THAT and expect any designers to *ever* go for it."
"Linus? Linus, who? Never heard of the man."
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