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<blockquote data-quote="tmaaas" data-source="post: 428371" data-attributes="member: 6481"><p>Hi Janik,</p><p></p><p>The purpose of an "unofficial" site for DM Genie is to give fans a place to trade DM Genie files while protecting the program and its author. </p><p></p><p>The purpose of the password protection is to protect the rights of the original creators of any source material made available for DM Genie. Usually the password consists of a specific word taken from the supplement/module (or whatever), such as ‘the fifth word the heading on page 28”. </p><p></p><p>‘Free’ web supplements are password protected because they are not necessarily ‘public domain’. Totally OGL material is password protected out of respect for the original creators (although with a valid OGL license they would not need the password, but it is required by the informal group rules anyway). The only exception to passwording files is when the original creator/publisher (or whoever holds rights to the material) gives explicit permission for its use with DM Genie.</p><p></p><p>This benefits the users by providing pre-entered data for popular modules and supplements. </p><p></p><p>This benefits you by providing more reasons for people to use your program, while insulating you from possible copyright infringement issues.</p><p></p><p>This benefits the creators of the source material by providing more reasons for people to buy a given supplement or module. This of course is subject to debate since it’s not too hard to bypass password protection although I don’t think it’s a big issue. But the publishers might (and probably will) feel otherwise.</p><p></p><p>In general, you should not get into the file hosting business, except for those which fall into the ‘explicit permission from the source creator/publisher’ category and include a propery OGL license. (Thus, do not make it possible for anyone to upload files for everyone else’s use; only host files which have passed your personal inspection and for which you have permission.) Leave the rest to the unofficial group.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tmaaas, post: 428371, member: 6481"] Hi Janik, The purpose of an "unofficial" site for DM Genie is to give fans a place to trade DM Genie files while protecting the program and its author. The purpose of the password protection is to protect the rights of the original creators of any source material made available for DM Genie. Usually the password consists of a specific word taken from the supplement/module (or whatever), such as ‘the fifth word the heading on page 28”. ‘Free’ web supplements are password protected because they are not necessarily ‘public domain’. Totally OGL material is password protected out of respect for the original creators (although with a valid OGL license they would not need the password, but it is required by the informal group rules anyway). The only exception to passwording files is when the original creator/publisher (or whoever holds rights to the material) gives explicit permission for its use with DM Genie. This benefits the users by providing pre-entered data for popular modules and supplements. This benefits you by providing more reasons for people to use your program, while insulating you from possible copyright infringement issues. This benefits the creators of the source material by providing more reasons for people to buy a given supplement or module. This of course is subject to debate since it’s not too hard to bypass password protection although I don’t think it’s a big issue. But the publishers might (and probably will) feel otherwise. In general, you should not get into the file hosting business, except for those which fall into the ‘explicit permission from the source creator/publisher’ category and include a propery OGL license. (Thus, do not make it possible for anyone to upload files for everyone else’s use; only host files which have passed your personal inspection and for which you have permission.) Leave the rest to the unofficial group. [/QUOTE]
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