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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Veander" data-source="post: 1184656" data-attributes="member: 1693">As to the PCGEN board minutes conversation I am really disappointed how those who sell their programs are talked about within the PCGen professional heirarchy. No wonder no one is getting anything about interoperability done when open source people want everyone else to go open source or else. Soulcatcher: I get what you're saying completely.  I would have to say that if they use your stuff they shoudl say something.  It isn't like the d20 industry is so big that an email to the owner of any open content wouldn't be completely appropriate.  In the situation where Mongoose reportedly didn't ask for permission, I am really depressed by such a lack of effort - if indeed true.  Hey maybe the author(s) of Ultimate Feats is working so hard that they haven't a moment to lose, but I HIGHLY doubt it.  In my opinion, giving someone an email either asking or stating you are going to use their OGC is free advertising.  Example: Me: "I am going to include your prestige class in my campaign setting book, ok?" d20 author Sam: "Cool, no problem it is open content.  Say, what's the book?" Me: "Blah blah blah"  Sam later on to his friends in a passing conversation: "Hey, my PrC such and such is being used in Veander's new Book of Divinely-shaped Cow patties"  See, free advertising.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  Oh and the Cow Pattie book will be out in March of 2074 for the 16.5 edition of DnD which will be owned by Microsoft.As to the legalities of all of this I am clueless.  But again, if it is legal and if programmers include lst files without even saying anything, then I say shame on you for your laziness and participation in continuing this childish war with open vs. closed software.V</blockquote>

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