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Which speaks to your not having been paying attention more than anything else. The insertion of "all" in your restatement of my point is a misrepresentation; there are always some people on the fringes who're using any given term incorrectly; see several of the people I've spoken with in this...

This is a very weird take. I mean, from what I can tell you've essentially designated that a tiny subset of people are saying something and therefore it's true of the entire TTRPG community, while because I'm the only person in this thread disagreeing, I'm out of step with the community. So if...

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You yourself have noted that there are relevant differences between the OGL and the CC-SA. Hence, they cannot be equated in this context. I suppose that saying "notwithstanding their differences, they're the same" is a technical truism, but when you have to overtly state that you're ignoring the...

The discussion hasn't been comparing the OGL to the CC-SA though, since that's not the license that the 5E SRDs have been shared under. In that regard, the CC-SA has only come up because people (well, one person) keeps trying to say that for purposes of comparison, you can say equate the OGL and...

It seems like you kind of answered your own question there. Given that, I'm curious if you think there's no (meaningful) difference between the OGL and CC share-alike? Particularly given that you highlighted a notable point where they're dissimilar?

No, that's not what you said. You said, "Hussar has been quite clear that all he is saying is "X is good/fast at making omelettes"" which is demonstrably not true. No, what I'm arguing against is your saying that Hussar was only saying that X game was good at being a sandbox, ignoring that he...

You're moving the goalposts. According to you, all Hussar said was that X game makes a good "omelet," i.e. that he only said that X game did something well. In point of fact, that's not all that he said, with multiple people have given you direct quotes to back that up. Now, you can agree with...

The thing is that it's usually the same people, over and over, ruining things for everyone else.

Re-reading my post, I think my take on Drake's story was a bit muddled, because I was basically trying to talk about both stories at once while also comparing and contrasting them. To review Drake's story by itself, it's good for what it is, but I can't help but feel like the narrower scope...

No it doesn't. It was a comparison between specific licenses; you can't just say "well one of those is kind of like the OGL, so it counts." More open = makes more open content. Given that, is the CC-BY more or less open than the OGL? There's only one correct answer given the metric. I find it...

You cited two articles that compared the CC-BY to licenses that weren't the OGL, and then tried to hold them up as proof that the CC-BY was more open than the OGL, which isn't how supporting evidence works. You have cited zero reports that the CC-BY is more open than the OGL also. The...

You're citing an article that uses its own metric, and then saying it's a completely different metric. Okay, in the meantime I'll continue using it like the TTRPG community has done for the last twenty-five years, but you do you. :rolleyes:

I just finished another classic bit of fantasy that I picked up years ago but only recently made time for, that being Lest Darkness Fall [and] To Bring the Light. Some quick explanation is in order for those who (correctly) recognize that as two different titles. When I was looking to purchase...

No, that is not all he's been saying. As @Faolyn has already pointed out, Hussar has made several comments that were much more judgmental than that:

You're the one using it differently, causing confusion when you're called out on your mistake. No, the "principle" is not valid. A more apt example would be that you're saying you can compare an apple to an orange because they're both round, ignoring that they're not the same. And you have...

It's paraphrasing, and it accurately summarizes the inherent contradiction in calling the CC-BY a "more open" license than the OGL, despite the practical impact of its so-called "more open" nature being that it creates less open content.

Which certainly puts them out of step with how the community, here on EN World (and elsewhere), has been using it. Again, maybe that's how they use the term elsewhere (i.e. outside of the TTRPG space), but not here. That's not really a differentiating factor with regard to the OGL, which also...

Yes, you are wrong. That's not how it's generally used when comparing the openness of licenses; at least, not in this community. That you say it's used differently elsewhere doesn't make you right. No, the license is less open; the publisher and what they release under it is fundamental to...

Regarding the issue of semantics, I'll say that this does not match the experience of myself or numerous other people I've spoken to, both casually and professionally, in the TTRPG community. I don't know how things are talked about in other communities that use other licenses, but everyone in...