From: "Skywise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On the one hand, Wizards bravely emulated Netscape by releasing their
> "source code" with the OGL and the d20 STD. Bravo, Wizards!
> Unfortunately, Wizards also retained absolute control over essential
> subroutines in the kernel - character creation and experience - just
> like Microsoft's Shared Source program. Boo, Wizards.
Oh come on.
You're talking about perhaps a page and a half of text that anyone competent
to bring any RPG product to market could re-write in their own words in an
hour or less. The only reason that content isn't in the SRD is to make it
absolutely clear to people who want to use the d20 STL what they can and
cannot use from the D&D books.
> But it's certainly not open source. I can't
> redistribute a complete, working d20 system, nor are OGL games required
> to publish their code in an easily reusable manner.
The "Cloak & Dagger" book for AEG's upcoming Series Archer line is a
complete-in-one-book RPG completely compatible with d20 (although it's not
using the d20 STL because of that). It complies with the the OGL, and
nothing more.
Ryan
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