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I'm reading the words you are typing but they don't seem to mean the same things in my head that you seem to think they mean in your head. As a non-lawyer, I don't see that great a difference in the accessibility, personally. Neither one is that complicated of a beast, imo, ymmv.

Which would seem to indicate that they didn't have the sort of document you were suggesting, but went through the material by hand, one at a time. Never played Gurps, so I couldn't tell you. :D and... Really? Have you ever tried finding things in a binder? Give me a good index anyday. :)...

That's debatable, I think. I have used creatures from them for Pathfinder compatible material. :D Thanks for your input though. I think I am getting a grasp on how they work differently, and I can see why some might prefer the one over the other, depending on circumstance,...

Eh, I would actually be surprised if most of the companies did not just use their published material once it was published. A massive document which contains all the rules from every expansion is actually more work to put together, I would think, then just pulling the right book of the shelf...

Actually the license has to be Open in and so far as anyone can use it without notifying WotC. The copyright, as I noted already, is a meaningless copyright for the most part. WotC has no right to prevent someone from copying the text and republishing it in their book, as the license gives them...

Thank you for the links, but no-offense, but I am not convinced you know what you are talking about... Either that or you are using words to mean things different from what I understand them to mean... The OGL is not an all-or-nothing license. You, as the participant, get to declare which parts...

So I already commented on this once, about not understanding what restrictions the OGL presents that are troublesome, but your statement made me curious as to what benefit there might be in using the CC license over the OGL license... So I looked into it... And I can't tell that there would be...

I'm not sure what your point is - so if you use the OGL you have to reference your sources in section 15... So what? Why should that matter? And as for referencing the d20 SRD, thats only true for d20 derivatives; FATE, Fudge, et.al have nothing to do with the SRD and anything you write via...

Normally its called the rulebook, for most RPG companies. :) That there is something different though... Because it sounds like you are talking about Campaign canon as opposed to actual rules... And the existence thereof depends on the methodology of the creators...

And therein lies the real beauty of the OGL.

According to many, Paizo is no longer a 3pp. I think thats right. But I also wouldn't classify Evil Hat's Dresden Files or Spirit of the Century as 3rd party publications. And, though Mutant's and Masterminds is derived from d20, I am not really sure that I would include Green Ronin as...

I believe my sister was already aware of who the original publishers of the game were. However, granted that they gleaned more info than they might have otherwise, because of my proximity, it still does not belie the point that people talk about these things. Even when not on-line. Sure, I may...

That's not true at all.

Yes. Because we talked about it.

Anecdote Time... I've been playing Dungeons and Dragons for over thirty years, starting as a kid back in about '82. My younger sister sometimes played with me, but it wasn't really her thing. Still, she had some exposure... Moving on, I have four kids. All four can tell you about Dungeons and...

Yet, once the information is learned, it is easily remembered. People talk. They share information they know.

I don't think its as insider as you are suggesting (which I guess is the point of contention). Granted a newbie won't know, but anyone who has played for a while is going to pick up on some of these things. Its just the nature of people to learn things relative to that which they find...

Cuz they like the adventures their DMs run, and when they ask, the DM tells them the publisher. Certainly not all consumers are informed, but I think Mark is right that the number that are informed is greater than sometimes we "really-well-informed" give credit for.

Goodman's website says it is OGL.

Which is why its identical.