<< I kinda figure most people on the list feel this way, but I'm guessing there are a few of us who don't. If the Open Gaming Foundation website wants to involve everyone interested in Open Gaming, shouldn't it expand a little? >>
The OGF's website accomodates everyone who shows an interest. After all, there are five Open licenses listed on the website, so it's not like there are some people missing out. It just happens that the OGL has the largest market share in the "RPG market of Open Licenses", thus gets most of the discussion (but is not the fault of the OGF). It's all about supply and demand. << I agree with you 100% that this is the best place for info on the OGL. No doubt. But should the OGL have its own seperate mailing list where all the discussion concerning it occurs, and leave the Open Gaming General Topics list for more, well, General Topics? That way if I'm NOT interested in the OGL, I can just sign up for the General Topics list? >> Y'know, that "General Topics" list would be pretty quiet. After all, how many messages have there been on this list about Open Gaming in general that don't mention other licenses ? I haven't seen many, unless they related to the OGL in some way. << This may be true, I don't know. But by discussing primarily the OGL and giving little feedback on other efforts, doesn't that give the impression the "hobbiests" are being cut out of the Open Gaming Community and dismissed as "they're not really serious contributors to Open Gaming" because they're not using the OGL or the D20 system? >> If the "hobbiests" want part of the market, they need to speak up. If the "hobbiests" whoever they are, don't speak up, or aren't on the list, they can't complain for not getting an opportunity, ot being cut out. << I think my general impression I was trying to convey is that sometimes the Open Gaming Foundation website feels slanted toward OGL/D20, and that it shouldn't be if wants to appeal to anyone interested in Open Gaming in theory and practice. >> Yes, it does feel slanted towards the OGL/D20, because the founder of the OGF was a VP of the company who released the OGL and D20. The fact that the OGF includes other licenses, shows that the OGF is interested in accomodating others, only if they speak up. Like another poster mentioned, force-feeding topics about other licenses onto the list is doomed to failure, if no one wants to discuss those other licenses. The OGF has never discouraged discussion about non-OGL/D20 topics. It's just that most are more interested in the OGL. All IMO. -- Korath, http://www.korath.com "He was already dead, he died a year ago, the moment he touched her. They're all dead, they just don't know it." --Eric Draven, The Crow _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
