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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 873233" data-attributes="member: 70">Warlord Ralts said...&nbsp;I think this is everyone's stumbling block.&nbsp; By making the name PI, you're guaranteeing that only those people that make an arrangement with you (outside of and unrelated to the OGL) are going to preserve the &quot;original name&quot;, and that is almost guaranteed to be only a portion of the people who utilize your OGC, thus undercutting the very thing you were hoping to preserve.I understand the concern...if you make &quot;Silvester's Silver Bullet&quot; OGC, you may one day come across the NPC &quot;Silvester, Warden of Evil&quot;, an utter violation of everything your &quot;original&quot; &quot;Silvester, Defender of Good&quot; stood for.&nbsp; There's no good answer to that, except that that's not the reason you've given.&nbsp; (I've seen the errata reason also, but frankly, if I thought something needed &quot;fixing&quot;, I'd fix it, and if I didn't, it wouldn't matter to me if you did.)Ethically, we'd have to agree to disagree.&nbsp; It's nice to notify someone that you're using their OGC, and it's very nice to ask permission, but you've already given permission by using the OGL, just as you asked permission from WotC to use the SRD by abiding by the terms of the OGL and d20 license.&nbsp; Using the OGL means you give permission for other people to reproduce your OGC (actually, that's not totally true.&nbsp; It means you have to give permission for other people to reproduce your OGC).&nbsp; Having them actually ask is nice, but it not unethical for them not to, since you knew the rules when you released OGC.Just my thoughts,Nell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 873233, member: 70"] Warlord Ralts said... [b] [/b] I think this is everyone's stumbling block. By making the name PI, you're guaranteeing that only those people that make an arrangement with you (outside of and unrelated to the OGL) are going to preserve the "original name", and that is almost guaranteed to be only a portion of the people who utilize your OGC, thus undercutting the very thing you were hoping to preserve. I understand the concern...if you make "Silvester's Silver Bullet" OGC, you may one day come across the NPC "Silvester, Warden of Evil", an utter violation of everything your "original" "Silvester, Defender of Good" stood for. There's no good answer to that, except that that's not the reason you've given. (I've seen the errata reason also, but frankly, if I thought something needed "fixing", I'd fix it, and if I didn't, it wouldn't matter to me if you did.) Ethically, we'd have to agree to disagree. It's nice to notify someone that you're using their OGC, and it's very nice to ask permission, but you've already given permission by using the OGL, just as you asked permission from WotC to use the SRD by abiding by the terms of the OGL and d20 license. Using the OGL means you give permission for other people to reproduce your OGC (actually, that's not totally true. It means you have to give permission for other people to reproduce your OGC). Having them actually ask is nice, but it not unethical for them not to, since you knew the rules when you released OGC. Just my thoughts, Nell. [/QUOTE]

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