But you did create the context of the spell- which religion it came from, what nation it has cultural significance for. The mechanics may be open, but the ethos, cultural resonance, and historical significance are acts of Imagination...
(Query: what is the cultural significance of Tensor's Floating Disk, Leomund's Little Hut, and Rary's Mnemonic Enhancer?) The cultural interactions of a given game world for the tapestry against which campaigns take place. The act of creating such a tapestry requires not only knowledge, but talent and effort....which is rewarded buy the customer's purchase of their works...and protected by being PI. "Open the whole spell" means: give away your larger (and harder) efforts for nothing. Which is why no one but WOTC can make Forgotten Realms modules. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 11/28/01 5:20:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >So to say "open the whole spell" is to say "give up > >ownership of the thing you have created." > > Except you didn't create it alone. Your spell, in this context, is derivative > > of someone else's work (or at least that's the assumption behind the OGL). > In this case, that work is the d20 SRD. Why should you expect to be given > free use of someone else's hard work made through blood, sweat and tears if > you aren't willing to make the same offer? > > That seems to be the perspective that some people are arguing from when they > say "open the whole spell". And, legally speaking, they have a good point. > > WotC hasn't lost D&D by opening up the core mechanics behind it (to use your > words: they haven't "given up ownership of the thing they have created". > Rather, they have given up an aspect of what we consider "ownership". > Specifically, the right to copy and modify that work. I think that's really > what some folks want from those who are essentially riding on WotCs > coat-tails. Give us the same rights that WotC (or any other OGC contributor) > gave you. > > -Andrew > _______________________________________________ > Ogf-l mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l ===== Jasyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." Ulysses, Alfred Lord Tennyson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
