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<blockquote data-quote="epicsaga" data-source="post: 255249" data-attributes="member: 5824">Re: Re: No one has mentioned...The Free Gaming Association (<a href="http://theFGA.com" target="_blank">http://theFGA.com</a>) is working on a repository that will contain the actuall Open Gaming Content.&nbsp; The system will be web based, and the content will be available via search, as XML, HTML and PDF formats.People will be able to submit material, that an editor will overlook and approve to be entered into the system.When someone does a search for something, for instance &quot;Firearm rules&quot; -- the system will produce a custom document with a correctly formated S.15The reason that the Open Gaming Exchange (<a href="http://www.OGExchange.com" target="_blank">http://www.OGExchange.com</a>) is currently only providing an index, is because that allows us to side step the OGL.&nbsp; By side stepping the OGL we can provide names &amp; descriptions for items that are declared Product Identity by publishers.An actuall database of OGC, would have to be released under the OGL, and thus you would have to strip all Product Identity, and you could not even state where the OGC comes from unless you get special permission from the individual publishers (because the publisher names are trademarks.)Anyone that wants more information on this project, or would like to assist in this project, please contact me directly at <a href="mailto:mcortez@ogexchange.com">mcortez@ogexchange.com</a>--Michael CortezManaging Director, The Free Gaming Association<a href="http://theFGA.com" target="_blank">http://theFGA.com</a>andWebmaster of the Open Gaming Exchange<a href="http://www.ogexchange.com" target="_blank">http://www.ogexchange.com</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="epicsaga, post: 255249, member: 5824"] [b]Re: Re: No one has mentioned...[/b] The Free Gaming Association ([url]http://theFGA.com[/url]) is working on a repository that will contain the actuall Open Gaming Content. The system will be web based, and the content will be available via search, as XML, HTML and PDF formats. People will be able to submit material, that an editor will overlook and approve to be entered into the system. When someone does a search for something, for instance "Firearm rules" -- the system will produce a custom document with a correctly formated S.15 The reason that the Open Gaming Exchange ([url]http://www.OGExchange.com[/url]) is currently only providing an index, is because that allows us to side step the OGL. By side stepping the OGL we can provide names & descriptions for items that are declared Product Identity by publishers. An actuall database of OGC, would have to be released under the OGL, and thus you would have to strip all Product Identity, and you could not even state where the OGC comes from unless you get special permission from the individual publishers (because the publisher names are trademarks.) Anyone that wants more information on this project, or would like to assist in this project, please contact me directly at [email]mcortez@ogexchange.com[/email] -- Michael Cortez Managing Director, The Free Gaming Association [url]http://theFGA.com[/url] and Webmaster of the Open Gaming Exchange [url]http://www.ogexchange.com[/url] [/QUOTE]

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