Question regarding the 7-Day RPG Contest

[Sanglorian]

Questions about competition moved from thread

You mention the OGL and the GSL. What about other public copyright licences like the Creative Commons licences? Is it okay to submit a game under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike?

 

[Brix]

Do you claim ownershp of the winner game or of any game attached to this thread?

 

[adembroski]

I understand that should I submit an entry, I am "giving" Enworld that document... that particular intellectual product.

My question is, beyond agreeing to allow you to publish and profit from my submission, do I retain ownership of the intellectual product from that point forth? For instance, should I submit an entry that includes Feathered Space Kitties as a playable race, do I retain the right to publish future products using the Feathered Space Kitty? In other words, is Enworld assuming ownership of the intellectual properties contained in the submission, or only the submission itself (as in, those particular words in that particular order, or the gist there of)?

 

[Morrus]

I understand that should I submit an entry, I am "giving" Enworld that document... that particular intellectual product.


My question is, beyond agreeing to allow you to publish and profit from my submission, do I retain ownership of the intellectual product from that point forth? For instance, should I submit an entry that includes Feathered Space Kitties as a playable race, do I retain the right to publish future products using the Feathered Space Kitty? In other words, is Enworld assuming ownership of the intellectual properties contained in the submission, or only the submission itself (as in, those particular words in that particular order, or the gist there of)?

I'm keeping it simple - the IP, basically; avoids any confusion. Not that I'll necessarily use it (I imagine the quality of entries will vary), but I'll be able to. So if you are very attached to your Feathered Space Kitties, you might want to replace them with Furry Space Poodles or something; or if it features your favourite PC who you've played for 30 years, simply replace the PC with someone else. That said, if you're using the OGL or a similar license, you can use any Open Game Content in the document whenever you wish. And, without wanting to get into a lengthy discussion on copyright stuff, the rules themselves can't be copyrighted, just the expression of them.

So, yeah, feel free to change names to protect the innocent!

 

[adembroski]

Thanks for the swift reply. So long as I'm here, my as well throw out one more question...

"It can be any subject or genre."

The "subject" is clearly "RPG", so I'm assuming you're referring to types of RPG supplements... i.e. adventure paths, campaign settings, etc. when referring to OGL covered systems?

 

[Morrus]

Thanks for the swift reply. So long as I'm here, my as well throw out one more question...


"It can be any subject or genre."


The "subject" is clearly "RPG", so I'm assuming you're referring to types of RPG supplements... i.e. adventure paths, campaign settings, etc. when referring to OGL covered systems?

By subject I pretty much just meant genre. Horror, fantasy, sci-fi, modern, spy, military, anything.

The entry needs to be a self-contained RPG (not an adventure or a supplement, although you're welcome to include an adventure for folks to use if you wish!)

 

[Morrus]

I've removed these posts from the competition thread like I said I would.

answers - any license is fine (just make sure you follow it correctly); and yes, all entries. The winner might not be the one which gets me my $1000 back!

 

[RangerWickett]

Another moved 7-Day contest question

Russ, please clarify part of your post. Your sentence about when you'll pay doesn't parse. Do you mean to say, "The winner gets $1000, which I will send by Paypal immediately once the week's up"? In which case, when do we get time to vote on things?

 

[sheadunne]

7-Day Contest Questions

More like clarifying points than actual questions.

1) The entry that receives the most votes will get paid
2) You will publish only the games you want to publish
3) It is possible that someone else gets "paid" for the game you make (ie the winner of the vote gets the money, but the creator of the best game may get nothing if she/he's not the most popular game and you decide to publish it)

True? If so, it seems a little odd to me. While I understand that you're concerned about recouping your investment, what's the creator's incentive, especially if you publish the game and someone else gets paid for it?

 

[Morrus]

1) Yes
2) Yes
3) I'm sorry, I don't understand the question!