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Which makes the decision not to go that route with BRP even more odd.

Memories are short among fans. Every now and then there is another thread on BRP Central asking why there isn't a new Chaosium edition: Will there be a new Stormbringer or Elric! edition ?

That question has been asked.

There is ambiguity in the language using "works" rather than Open Game Content. This could be argued to infect any new editions of works in their entirety (as per the Twitter posts linked above). The poor language of this clause, and many other examples of ambiguities, have been brought to the...

19 pages of SRD is what you're left with after you strip out all the CoC setting-specific material from the 400-page Big Gold BRP Book? Hmm .... ;-)

I didn't say it was larger than MGT2, nor am I privy to sales figures for either Mongoose or 3rd party Cepheus Engine publishers. This discussion is in the context of the OGL, and by "large number of users" I am referring to the fact that most former 3rd party MGT1 publishers have converted...

I seem to remember some 3PPs not being too happy with the DM's Guild and similar programmes due to the copyright issues, but it has undeniably taken off big-time with the fan publishers. So much so that it's getting a bit tricky digging out the good stuff, but still. I also remember a little...

Note that the hostility came from within WotC, not legitimate contractual questions from potential users.

You can't compare the WotC OGL v1.0a with the BRP licence which introduces clauses and discretionary powers to shut down product. The OGL has a crystal-clear paragraph listing precisely which elements are IP, with no ambiguity. As for the 3.5E SRD - hundreds upon hundreds of pages of content...

No need to call something OGL when it isn't.

So far the only people who keep bringing up retroclones are Chaosium, and I wish they would stop and instead engage with the questions actually being raised. On the topic of using this licence to publish original creations, presumably they are aware that people could use it to publish something...

You could create almost anything with this and put the logo on it, as long as you avoid the prohibited list and are cast-iron confident that you can read Chaosium's mind as to what "substantially similar" means. Interesting that they don't define "BRP" or "Basic Roleplaying" as prohibited content.

That's literally the only reason for using this.

Different SRDs, but still all using WoTC's OGL version 1.0a.

If you look at the document you'll see that the SRD does not have the same content as BGB. There are less than 20 pages of rules, including 1.5 pages of introduction to roleplaying games. As far as I can tell the (only?) purpose of this licence is to allow the use of the new BRP logo.

The only reason to use this is if you want to display the BRP logo. Some people may like to spread rumours about that but the WotC OGL is not ambiguous. Once something is published as open content, it stays open content in perpetuity.

It would be good if it was based on the Big Gold Book. As it is it's less than 20 pages of a very bare-bones percentile system and 2 pages of a whole lot of restrictive clauses. Better off writing your own.

Anything illustrated by Russ Nicholson gets my vote.

A bit late to this party, but I'm happy BLUEHOLME™ is making people happy. :cool:

River of Heaven using OpenQuest. Does Luther Arkwright for Mythras count? I think so. Worlds United for Mythras is pulp-SF.