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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 2802211" data-attributes="member: 2013">I should also note that my experience (limited though it is) in watching industry mailing lists, emailing publishers, and so on, indicates that most publishers are willing to share (if not necessarily sit down on a collaboration).  Collaboration happens mostly behind the scenes, not on an internet messageboard open to everyone - otherwise nobody would need to buy the finished product.But if it's an OGC repository wanted, with all the great stuff from all the OGL works out there, well, you ain't gonna get it until somebody forces all the OGL publishers to clearly designate what is and isn't OGC - otherwise the host of said OGC Wiki opens himself up for legal problems.  Yes, by and large the unwillingness of publishers to answer questions or grant permission to a free Wiki is one hurdle and is perhaps not in the true "spirit" of Open Gaming (whatever that means).  But until the legal uncertainty is removed forcibly, there are considerable limits on what can safely be included in any OGC Wiki due to legal concerns.And there is exactly one entity that has the standing to force that uncertainty to go away by clearing up OGC delineations... WotC, since nearly every OGL product I can think of references one of their SRDs.  However, in five years, they've shown no interest in doing so, and until that unwillingness changes to willingness, nothing's going to happen.--The Sigil</blockquote>

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