A Community SRD?

[kenmarable]

Pointing back to contributing publishers/products would also help offset any negative impact.

Or better yet - devise a business model around it that can actually help the publishers make at least some money. I bet that could pique some publisher interest.

 

[jezter6]

The many times I've thought this through, I've always tried to think of ways to make sure publishers get their due. The question is, how much IS their due, and what can you do about it. If sales are decreasing for them, I'd want to make sure they get something back out of it, but cash isn't always an option.

Of course, in my model, the more open the publisher was (in regards to giving proper OGC declaration, ability to put small bits of PI in for 'advertising', etc) the more they would get in return (bountiful amounts of links to their products/online store/etc).

 

[Nellisir]

The many times I've thought this through, I've always tried to think of ways to make sure publishers get their due. The question is, how much IS their due,

You're never going to get agreement on this, because the baseline is copyright. The publishers "get their due" until their copyright expires. Anything less, and they're giving up something for nothing.

It's obvious I'm not thrilled with how things are. I doubt an SRD repository will have a noticeable effect on the rpg market, even the pdf market. I expect it will be -blamed- for any negative effects. The kind of repository that -would- have an effect wouldn't just "hurt" the market, it'd rewrite it altogether.

Anyone, in any market, that creates a product knowing full well it can be legally replicated and distributed for free by the first person to buy it, and refuses to add some kind of non-transferable value to it (fluff, formatting, editing, what-have-you), has a crappy business plan. That's the bottom line. As the market changes and evolves to take advantage of new opportunities, business people have to change and evolve with it, or go under. The OGL is forever, OGC is forever - deal with the ramifications of that. Make your declarations as convoluted as you want - in theory, the general public won't care, and "good" people can contact you for clarification or a special license.

Cheers
Nell.