I agree and have said it many times. This entire "you don't make enough stuff free" is getting old. It was only a matter of time before WoTC got targeted too. Give it a rest people. Getting ANYTHING for free (ie: open) is more than you ever would have had in the past. Be thankful for that fact and get over the fact that you can't just use other people's ideas as your own. Spend more time coming up with ideas and less time complaining that other people won't let you use theirs.
At 05:50 PM 1/14/2002 -0800, you wrote: >From: Luke Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > So, whilst WotC have put in excellent pressure for players to purchase >the > > monster manual for playing purchased adventures, they've also made it > > extremely difficult for publishers to actually use those creatures >legally > > in published adventures. > >Wait a minute. I feel like we're having that discussion again about why >there's isn't more free water available in the ocean. The SRD is > >packed< with stuff that you can use to either create your own content >or mesh seamlessly with other people's content (including WotCs). > >We're talking about a >handful< of creatures, which really are unique >creations by the old TSR design staff. WotC has as much right (legally >and ethically) to exploit that creativity in their own products >exclusively as any other creative source does. They could just leave >those creatures out of the SRD completely if they wanted to and all the >3rd parties would just have to do without. Instead, WotC is going to >let you use them in a thousand useful ways, so long as you stay away >from their non-OGC intellectual property. > >The SRD contains a wealth of information for your use. Some of it is > >more useful< if you have a WotC product as well. If some 3rd party >publisher comes along, creates a kick-ass varient of the Mind Flayer >that looks nothing like WotC's illithid, has a social structure and >background that is new and innovative, gets it into a whole bunch of >adventures and home campaigns and by doing so wrenches the "public >perception" of what a Mind Flayer is away from WotC as a result, and >therefore forces WotC to either redefine the creature in the future or >support a network-retarding alternate definition with a lower rate of >general public acceptence, that's just too bad for WotC. You're all >free to try. > >There's a hell of a lot of free water in the ocean. I hate to see >people complaining that there's not a glass or two more to be had. > >Ryan >_______________________________________________ >Ogf-l mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
