> Clark Peterson > > Why is it that the side-line sitting "I'm going to > publish" but never do types are the ones that are > always bitching and never publishing? Why are guys > like me and Chris at GR and John at Atlas and the > Mongoose boys and the FD guys and the guys at Troll > Lords or the FFG, AEG (and on and on) guys not here > complaining?
I see. Now you only count if you publish for profit. Nice attitude. > Because your problems and gripes are just whiney > gripes of "sit on your butt" gamers who never do > anythign and just want to pop off about problems that > are bugaboos. I run a multi-million dollar company. The risk and rewards of licensing various kinds of IP are something that I weigh every day. My idea of a day off is knocking off early on Sunday afternoon. You'll have to excuse me that I've only written three OGC articles, built a searchable full-text, XML, and HTML version of the SRD, and contacted two lawyers to figure out how to legally release them as OGC software in my spare time. When I sell off my company and retire, I'll probably "sit on my butt" and write games. If I do, and I do it under the OGL, I will have made damn sure I can do everything I want to do without clashing over IP with Hasbro. > despite the alleged horrible content of the > SRD. > > Get a grip! I'm disappointed. You're usually much more scrupulous with the facts than that Clark. Nobody has alleged horrible content. I said that placing protected-IP monsters in the SRD might be more trouble for 3rd party developers than it was worth, and gave examples of why. I also questioned the wisdom of fragmenting the existing MM monsters into different interpretations, and asked if people thought it would hurt or harm D&D. Neither of these opinions were "whiney gripes", they are simply examining the issues for a *DRAFT* version of the SRD and trying to determine what can and can't be done. I'm also putting my money where my mouth is and finding out what CAN be done with descriptions and software, rather than just spouting off with angry hyperbole at anonymous targets. -Brad _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
