Martin Sorry....those were typos....OGL and SRD...don't ask me how I over looked that.
You however hit the nail on the head (and the point I was making, but you seemed to miss). GRG should release portions of their system to the OGL and it would achieve the same thing but without as much control OR for that matter responsibility. If they are proposing to do the exact same thing as OGL but with their own twist I see little point in it. However if they were to join the OGL family it would at least alleviate the headache of (and money spent on) working on a similar license. My point which you seem to have overlooked, is that the OGL IS in fact JUST SRD. All we have currently is the existing portion of the SRD that has been released and little (if any) of anything else. The SRD is still not even complete, "gentleman's agreement" be damned. The OGL could be something different...something better Am I mistaken in this or are there other mechanics of a credible company (or system) that have been released? As far as establishing a recognizing mark similar to that of D20 for their own product line, that would be another similar thing. It certainly would be easy to come of with a similar license...even worded a bit better to deal with some of the issues that have popped up from time to time in the D20L. If GRG wanted to do this I would be cheering 'em on...since after all that is what OGL is about, not making a D20 compatible game *grin* Has anyone made an OGL icon for the license? Could someone point it out if there is. I will be happy to design one and release it as "open" piece of art for OGL game if it has not been! Have a good weekend! Richard Stewart Sanguine Productions Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sanguineproductions.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Martin L. Shoemaker Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 12:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Ogf-l] Open Gaming Alert: Action! System by GRG If by this you mean "the OGL right now is JUST the SRD", I'm afraid you're mistaken. The OGL is a license; the SRD is a document released under that license. Other documents can also be released under that license and yet have absolutely nothing to do with the SRD. The first three games released under the OGL were neither SRD-based nor even RPGs. (Hi, Korath!) So Gold Rush could license their rules under the OGL without having to worry about the SRD at all. If there are things they don't like about the license, they should create another one; but if they just want a useable open license, why pay lawyers to craft a new one after Wizards paid THEIR lawyers to craft the OGL? In other words: if they hate the concept of Product Identity (for example), get a new license; but if they don't want to be confused with the SRD, use the OGL but promote their own logo. Consumers, by and large, see the d20 logo, not the OGL. It would be up to Gold Rush to establish a similarly recognizable mark, no matter what license they use. Martin L. Shoemaker _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
