On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 02:15:03PM -0500, Doug Meerschaert wrote:
> I've got to wonder why Wizards has yet to release an OGL'd rulebook.
>
> Not that I don't think that they have every right to keep their rules
> closed, but it's not as if their desingers are incapable of following
> the same license that they want rank amatuers in companies one-tenth's
> their roleplaying department's size to follow.
>
> Keeping the OGL out of the core books was understandable; it was a risky
> effort, and they weren't sure if it was going to fly. But they knew
> that d20-Modern was going to have its rules released on the very same
> day as it hit the shelves--why not put the rules in the book and not
> on-line, and give those of us who just want the rules an incentive to
> buy the book?
They'd have to separate out character generation rules and experience
award rules. There'd be a risk of screwing up the OGL declaration and
accidentally OGLing things that they don't want OGL'd. I can't see
any reason why they should take the risk, from their point of view.
--
Bryant Durrell [] http://www.innocence.com/~durrell [] 9/11/2001
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