Hey Rogers:On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:21:43 +0000, Faustus von Goethe wrote: >BUT - if I wind up being my own publisher I am seriosly considering >going to >an "everything derived" model. I will not "stand on principle" and >be the >only guy who is contributing my stuff when most every other small >producer >out there is making it impossible to reuse their stuff.What gives you the impression that you would be the only small publisher contributing open content? I own around 40 D20 products from publishers of various sizes, and they fall into two distinct groups: Publishers who share a ton of material, such as Green Ronin and AEG, and publishers who are so miserly with open content I'd never buy them again (a list topped by Mongoose -- every one of its books I have seen uses the "we only share what we were given" license).
I am talking about a trend here.
Yes, I OWN a lot of products with great OGC in them. But LATELY I have been going into gaming stores and finding almost NOTHING that was not designated "derived from". (Clark's excellent stuff excluded.)
Remember when Mongoose first started coming out with stuff (See "The Quintessential Fighter") they had a very clear designation and gave away reams of stuff.
Now ... nothing.
Faust
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