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<blockquote data-quote="dcollins" data-source="post: 100524" data-attributes="member: 876">OGL Was Previously DisallowedI'd like to point out that there's an extremely good reason why none of the documents in the current Conversion Library are compliant with this new policy: what the new policy requires, the old policy banned.I started to do a few conversions and wanted to make absolutely sure I did it correctly: so, not only did I read Jim Butler's old comments, I also sent email to Ryan Dancey with a few questions. After a few exchanges, Dancey confirmed the following: not only was it not allowed to add the d20 mark to conversions (which I expected), it was also not allowed to release them under the OGL, with the OGL license attached (because it would violate the trademark clause in Section 7). So that's a solid part of why nothing in the Conversion Library has the OGL in it.There are other problems with this new document:- It doesn't look &quot;final&quot; (despite the title). The one I see still has redlined comments from an editor, which I can't imagine would be part of a final release.- The policy only refers to ESD's, which seems like a giant oversight -- I bet most people were doing conversions from old hardcopies they had lying around.- And of course, the &quot;terminate at any time&quot; clause is highly unnerving (I sure hope the current management doesn't also think they can do this to the OGL/SRD anytime they want):Yes, that's probably one of the most troubling parts of what this document is asserting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dcollins, post: 100524, member: 876"] [b]OGL Was Previously Disallowed[/b] I'd like to point out that there's an extremely good reason why none of the documents in the current Conversion Library are compliant with this new policy: what the new policy [i]requires[/i], the old policy [i]banned[/i]. I started to do a few conversions and wanted to make absolutely sure I did it correctly: so, not only did I read Jim Butler's old comments, I also sent email to Ryan Dancey with a few questions. After a few exchanges, Dancey confirmed the following: not only was it [i]not allowed[/i] to add the d20 mark to conversions (which I expected), it was also [i]not allowed[/i] to release them under the OGL, with the OGL license attached (because it would violate the trademark clause in Section 7). So that's a solid part of why nothing in the Conversion Library has the OGL in it. There are other problems with this new document: - It doesn't look "final" (despite the title). The one I see still has redlined comments from an editor, which I can't imagine would be part of a final release. - The policy only refers to ESD's, which seems like a giant oversight -- I bet most people were doing conversions from old hardcopies they had lying around. - And of course, the "terminate at any time" clause is highly unnerving (I sure hope the current management doesn't also think they can do this to the OGL/SRD anytime they want): Yes, that's probably one of the most troubling parts of what this document is asserting. [/QUOTE]

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