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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 146196" data-attributes="member: 2013">Netbook material re-use...That is precisely the idea.  Also remember that if I am the original author of some piece of OGC, *I* can publish it in publication A, then publish it again in publication B without referencing publication A in my Section 15 if I so desire.  By extension, this means that I can provide someone else a copy of specific pieces of my OGC with a "custom Section 15" that references only myself and the SRD (and, if it is indeed a derivative work of another OGC document, the appropriate Section 15 references).Thus far, AFAIK, one Netbook has made an attempt to do this - the Netbook of Creatures has an online version which uses ASP to dynamically "assemble" its OGL (specifically the Section 15) so if you view a single creature, you get a Section 15 entry that references only the SRD and the author of that particular entry... this was specifically done to make it much easier to pull out pieces in a "modular" fashion without bloating your Section 15.A good point - but as I mentioned, the issue of "dynamically assembling" the OGL using ASP (or PHP or whatever) solves this to a great degree.  When you view the whole Netbook online, all entries' S15 references are "assembled" and you get an unwieldly S15 ... but if you so desire, you can select a single entry and thus get the exact S15 for that piece (only) - which, in the case of derivative works, will also note those in its S15.IMO, the web - especially with the option of dynamic content - provides a *great* opportunity to make S15's as simple as possible.  We've already seen the PDF explosion... will a "dynamic content" subscription plan be next? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />Not likely anytime soon, methinks... too many of us are still too used to hard copies and tangible stuff to let this transition occur quickly... but the potential is there.Also, and this idea has been mentioned in other places, an OGC repository, dynamically assembling S15's would be great for publishers and the community alike - though not likely to happen anytime soon.Imagine "assembling" your own "Players Handbook" for your campaign world on the web, hand-choosing those pieces of OGC from all the different publishers you want to be included in the book.  Once you have all your selections made, the site automatically generates the book and slaps the OGL/Section 15 into place... your players have a custom handbook with perhaps 8 Core Classes, the variant Bard from BoEMII, a list of 18 Prestige Classes (each from a different publisher) with their requirements, weapons from Arms and Armor (Bastion Press), spells from R&R, and so on... all in one unified, 350-page PDF (or HTML if you prefer), ready for printing and, since it's 100% OGC, with the ability to distribute unlimited copies (to your players, for instance) after you download the thing.  In fact, it's not hard to imagine a service like this coming into being with a group that has the right technical know-how, with a service fee of, say, $5 for each 50 pages (or fraction thereof) you assemble (if you make a 60 page book now it costs you ten bucks but your next 40 page book is free)... then add the option to create a hardcopy/print version of your book for another <X> cents per page plus shipping costs...Wow, that's a great idea... somebody really ought to do that... I'd try it but I have not the time nor resources nor technical know-how... but in my ideal world such a site would exist (and in my dream world, since I came up with the concept, I would be able to assemble into electronic form anything I wanted for free)... <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" />--Spencer "The Sigil" Cooley</blockquote>

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