Or to build on that.. what about a company with an established, non-rpg product line which is working to expand into RPG territory? <Grin> This is the case with my company, for example, where we have a game in production, with more than 150k downloads of it (it is free initially), and an active user base of less than 500 right now.. (working on that..) -R ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:33 AM Subject: RE: [Ogf-l] Community Definition of "Publisher" - who is and who isn't?
> What about those entities that are "a sole proprietorship, partnership, > or corporation" but have distributed less than 100 works? > > Jonathan M. Thompson > Battlefield Press, Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Meerschaert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 6:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ogf-l] Community Definition of "Publisher" - who is and who > isn't? > > > With all this discussion of "publishers", doesn't it seem like a > definition of what is and isn't a "publisher" would be worthwhile? (or > at least, on-topic.) Feel free to jump in with thoughts and > comments--and the sort of wild conspiracy theories that somehow never > get pinned on me... ;) > > If I were called to define "publisher" right now, as it relates to "who > should be able to get on the d20-modern list if they want to", I think > I'd say the following: > > Publisher: A legal business (either a sole proprietorship, partnership, > or corporation) with the ability to enter into contracts in the state of > Washington, that has sold at least one copywritten work to the general > public with sales to date of at least 100 copies of the same work. > > Of course, thinking about that also leaves me wondering about everyone > else--people like Brad Thompson or Korath who make works, but who can't > exactly pass themselves off as publishers, or the FanNCC, which > certainly makes works but doesn't sell them. So, two more (closely > related) definitions: > > Self-Publisher: A single person that has created at least one > copywritten work that has been distributed to at least 100 seperate > people without the aid of a Publisher. > > Community Organization: A group of persons that has created at least two > copywritten works that have been distributed to at least 100 seperate > people between them without the aid of a Publisher. > > So, if we all had agreed on easy definitions similar to the above, a > company (like SSS or WotC) that wanted to open a pre-release item up to > all the other guys in the industry, but filter out the 10,000 fans who > just want the rules, could say something like: "All publishers may join > this list, and Self-publishers or Community Organizations may be > accepted on a case-by-case basis." > > Comments? Suggestions? Conspiracy Theories? > > > DM > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
