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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 8514968" data-attributes="member: 907"><p>The current trend among mid-sized publishers seems to be toward DM's Guild-style arrangements rather than going OGL/Creative Commons. These arrangements generally exist at the publisher's sufferance, have the publisher take a cut, but in exchange allow for the use of more IP and things like trade dress. The ones I'm aware of are Storyteller's Vault (White Wolf), Company of the Phoenix/Infiniverse Exchange/Scriptorium Aventuris (Ulisses Spiele, for Fading Suns, TORG Eternity, and The Dark Eye respectively), Pathfinder/Starfinder Infinite (Paizo), and Free League Workshop (various Free League offerings).</p><p></p><p>From the main publisher's perspective, this seems more useful. They retain power over the brand (avoiding things like the Book of Erotic Fantasy) and limit the kind of things partners provide to things that supplement, rather than supplant, their own products. From the perspective of prospective partners, it is definitely more limited than the OGL, which means it probably caters more to hobbyists wanting to share stuff they were making anyway for beer money rather than professionals trying to make a living (with a small number of exceptions). But on the plus side, you don't have to worry about whether or not <em>Bigby's Hand</em> is cleared for use or not, and you usually have permission to copy layout and such from the publisher so you're saving money on that side. Plus, there's a marketplace where you can sell it and have the publisher point people toward it, rather than having to market it yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 8514968, member: 907"] The current trend among mid-sized publishers seems to be toward DM's Guild-style arrangements rather than going OGL/Creative Commons. These arrangements generally exist at the publisher's sufferance, have the publisher take a cut, but in exchange allow for the use of more IP and things like trade dress. The ones I'm aware of are Storyteller's Vault (White Wolf), Company of the Phoenix/Infiniverse Exchange/Scriptorium Aventuris (Ulisses Spiele, for Fading Suns, TORG Eternity, and The Dark Eye respectively), Pathfinder/Starfinder Infinite (Paizo), and Free League Workshop (various Free League offerings). From the main publisher's perspective, this seems more useful. They retain power over the brand (avoiding things like the Book of Erotic Fantasy) and limit the kind of things partners provide to things that supplement, rather than supplant, their own products. From the perspective of prospective partners, it is definitely more limited than the OGL, which means it probably caters more to hobbyists wanting to share stuff they were making anyway for beer money rather than professionals trying to make a living (with a small number of exceptions). But on the plus side, you don't have to worry about whether or not [I]Bigby's Hand[/I] is cleared for use or not, and you usually have permission to copy layout and such from the publisher so you're saving money on that side. Plus, there's a marketplace where you can sell it and have the publisher point people toward it, rather than having to market it yourself. [/QUOTE]
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