I'd say tell them. It's the old "fly is down" thing in my opinion. Do you avoid telling a friend that his fly is down because it isn't your place, he might react negatively or you don't want to embarrass him? Or do you tell him so he doesn't go around all day showing his skivies.
Just send a note like you would for any typo..."I noticed that Mialee, the character from the D&D core books, is listed as Open on <insert page>. I think she is WOTC PI and thought I'd let you know." At 03:57 PM 09/17/02 -0700, you wrote: >I suppose one could always cut and paste the relevant legalese into an email >and explain it in plain english and assume that unless the violators are >morons or jerks, that they will appreciate the update from you and do the >right thing.. > > > > At 05:04 PM 9/17/02 -0400, Damian wrote: > > >I think that if you can't help but send some sort of note to the author, > > >it's best to wrap it in a compliment, "I like your idea > > >for X, but I thought you'd like to know Y may cause a problem for you >down > > >the road." > > > > The problem I can see with this is that I'm sure any high-profile site >gets > > like 20 of these a day, where most often Y is a member of the set of truly > > stupid misinterpretations of the OGL that tick all of us off on a daily > > basis. How's the publisher to know that we're the one guy with the right > > answer? :-) > > > > Sixten > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
