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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ralts Bloodthorne" data-source="post: 872288" data-attributes="member: 6390">I think some of it may have come across wrong. If so, sorry.I'm not declaring the spell mechanics PI, I declared the Names of the Legendary Spellcasters my PI.True, nobody HAS to report to me that they have used my OGC, but if people work with me, I'm more than happy to work with them.Yes, it would be nice, for record keeping, if you asked if you could use them, but if you use the spell, name intact, I can keep track of that also.Which begs the question: Why would I want to keep track?Simple: It allows me to track which works are popular with other authors, designers, and allows me to track what works are popular with the consumers.Plus, as a bonus, it lets me see how other people use the spell.As for "What if your company disappears..."It might. Your right.I probably won't. If I do end up taking a dirt nap, then I won't really care, will I?Tell you what, if I die, feel free to use it."You can play in the sandbox if you share my toys."-Bingo. Not "Take it home, repaint it, scratch your name on the hood, then come back to the sandbox with it."Sure. I do too. That's how I treat it.You could. True. I couldn't stop you.I wouldn't do it. It's called: Business Ethics.True, it does make it perfectly legal.If I was to take the mechanics behind someone elses work, slap my own flavor text and visuals on it, and market it without even asking, it does not change the fact that I stole it.It's called "politeness".I'd ask anyone before I used thier OGC work. You, Mr. Cook, Wizards, Green Ronin, ENPublishing, some guy with a D&D fan-site, anyone.That's fine, that's your choice. If asking is too much trouble, then that's OK. I'm not asking for everyone to involve lawyers, I just prefer the professionalism of developers and publishers and producers talking to one another.Just putting a statement that: "Gor DuMay, Ralts Bloodthrone, NahaJawen, and Wuxia are PI of The Brood" in your Section 15 is not a major hoop.Plus, if someone were to take an interest in a certian "Legendary Spellcaster's" spells, I might even offer up a whole slew of stuff that was cut from the book due to space restriction for them to include, for merely an "additional content" acknowledgement and my PI on the name being reaffirmed in your Section 15.Like I said, that's my opinion on it. I'll share everything I've made, IF they are willing to give credit where credit is due.I opened up Shtar as an OGC world, I opened up the Gods of Shtar pantheon as an OGC pantheon. I like the idea of people using it.I will still let someone know, who has expressed interest in using stuff I've created, if there is any erratta or expansion that I'm doing, answer any questions they have, and work with them.Many of you may think it is wrong of me to want my names, locations, events, descriptions (not mechanical, but flavor, visual, audible, etc) and other texts to remain PI, but I have a LOT of material to convert, and many of these names and locations are intimately tied up with future items.</blockquote>

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