*Very* good point. I think the folks who are working on the Free20 open game should consider this.
Faust >From: "Ryan S. Dancey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > From: Faustus von Goethe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Remember the old "downstream liability" issue I was nattering > > on about once upon a time... > >What he could try to do is cite his PD sources for his work. That way, a >publisher who wanted to check the bona fides of the material could do their >own verification of the claim. > >For materials that are not PD, I suspect the best thing to do would be to >hire someone with no connection to hobby gaming (and who could enter an >avidavit attesting to the lack of prior knowledge of the source of the >creatures involved), provide them the SRD materials, and have a description >"black-boxed". Then create a paper trail of the project so that references >could be independently checked by publishers ("why yes, I did make up the >description of the behir for the Open Creature Project ..."). > >Assuming a spotless track record, after a short period of time, I suspect >the work would become authoritative and most publishers wouldn't bother to >actually check the research; they'd just assume that the project itself had >established it's own credibility and proceed apace. > >Combine this project with the already suggested "Open Creature >Illustration" project and you've got quite a significant contribution... > >Ryan >_______________________________________________ >Ogf-l mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
