Greetings! A response from Matthew:
Matthew Sprange wrote: From: "Matthew Sprange" To: "Shade" Subject: Re: OGF Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:26:03 -0800 Hi there,Cheers for the heads up - I am not going to join the group as I belong toway too many already! However, you would be welcome to post the following in my name;' Hi guys, I have to admit, the problems you have raised with declaration of OGC in ourbooks is not something that really raised itself in our office, as we havehad little trouble in negotiating such things ourselves. If you follow thegeneral principle that any d20 dervied mechanic has to be OGC, then youcannot go far wrong. However, it is not our intention to close materialoff - if in doubt, you are more than welcome to drop me a line [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask! To date, we have not refused anyuse of our material on any grounds. An example - someone asked me recentlyif our Character Concepts within the Quintessential books are OGC.Technically, I guess we could say no, only the d20 mechanics in thebonuses/penalties of each concept are OGC. However, we are more than happyto let such things go - not that we would have much of a leg to stand onwith this anyway :) The only area we are very careful about is with our licenced products - insuch cases, while the d20 rules remain OGC, the PI remains the property ofother companies. That means you would not be fighting us butRebellion/Warner Bros./Universal/whomever. However, the same rule applies -just ask, we will be more than happy to tell you what you can and cannotuse. More often than not, the answer will be yes. As for Ultimate Feats, yes, we were well aware that section 15 would be amess - this is something that we played around with but, in the end, optedfor basic compliance (remember, there _are_ over 1000 feats. . .). Now, in our Ultimate Games Designer's Companion, we _are_ including aseperate section 15 entry for each rules set, so people can chop and changeto their heart's content. At the end of the day, it is just more realisticto do this with the UGDC than it was for the multiple entries in Feats. Hope that clears things up - we are not in the business of denying anyoneanything. In fact, with our forthcoming Armageddon 2089 RPG, we have anopen licence/offer to any other publisher to use our PI as well as OGC.Including artwork. We'll even advertise for you. So give me a call if youare interested :) If you ever have any questions, just ask.' Matthew Sprange Mongoose Publishing http://www.mongoosepublishing.com http://www.2000adrpg.com ===== Shade, The Vraad __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
