OGC Wiki?

[tensen]

If someone wants to be really useful...
besides arguing over what would go in an OGC archive and what it would do to publishers... a straight forward listing of what OGC is out there would be extremely amazing and useful.
Probably a whole heck of a lot less time consuming, and the search engine would be very very useful. Especially in finding products that cover some topic you want to use.

Even listing say:

Item: Zones
Type: Rules
Publisher: Malhavoc
Writer: Monte Cook (unconfirmed)
Product: Iron...
Status: Contested OGC

Item: Jimbob's Magic Pipe (okay I didn't get around to grabbing an actual item name)
Type: Item
Publisher: Ronin Arts
Writer: Michael Hammes
Product: Forbidden Arcana: Magical Pipes and Tobaccos
Status: OGC

 

[tensen]

Hmm... I was under the impression that you couldn't just republish someone else's OGC material without first adding new OGC material. Perhaps I have misread things...

its what people get wrong regularly.
It isn't 5% new OGC.. it is 5% OGC.

 

[BryonD]

its what people get wrong regularly.
It isn't 5% new OGC.. it is 5% OGC.

Even that is D20L, not OGL.

 

[philreed]

Why do you say that?
I understand the value of publishers being polite and working together in the use of OGC.
But there is no requirement there.
Publisher B can use Publisher A's open stuff without saying a word to Publisher A if they so choose. (always assuming correct OGL implementation).

Would you rather have publishers respect each other and attempt to, if not work together, at least be civil to each other or would you rather they go completely ruthless and attempt to undermine each other?

 

[Pinotage]

Hmm... I was under the impression that you couldn't just republish someone else's OGC material without first adding new OGC material. Perhaps I have misread things...

I have a question out of interest - if a wiki were created, and say Phil's Archer's Greatcoat got placed in there, does the OGL S15 have to be next to the said item? I mean, if there's a blanket OGL S15 as a link on the site, how is anybody going to know where the Greatcoat comes from? And, if so, how is that going to stop sales? I don't think the OGL statement has to be right next to the product. As long as it's loosely organised like in a wiki mixing material from loads of publishers, no reader is going to know where the material comes from. Just an observation.

Pinotage

 

[BryonD]

Would you rather have publishers respect each other and attempt to, if not work together, at least be civil to each other or would you rather they go completely ruthless and attempt to undermine each other?

I'd rather they respect each other.

Thus clearly, I'd support Publisher X using Publisher B's material because using OGC is fine and falsely claiming OGC as IP is ruthless, uncivil, disrespectful and undermines open gaming.

And that is all beside the point because my preference is not relevant to what some brand new publisher is 100% allowed to start doing tomorrow within the OGL.

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

Sometimes it is not necessarily the legality of using the OGC content but the business ethics behind it.

 

[philreed]

I have a question out of interest - if a wiki were created, and say Phil's Archer's Greatcoat got placed in there, does the OGL S15 have to be next to the said item? I mean, if there's a blanket OGL S15 as a link on the site, how is anybody going to know where the Greatcoat comes from? And, if so, how is that going to stop sales? I don't think the OGL statement has to be right next to the product. As long as it's loosely organised like in a wiki mixing material from loads of publishers, no reader is going to know where the material comes from. Just an observation.

Each entry would need it's own Section 15.

 

[BryonD]

never mind

 

[Yair]

..., how is that going to stop sales? ... As long as it's loosely organised like in a wiki mixing material from loads of publishers, no reader is going to know where the material comes from. Just an observation..

No reader is going to know where it comes from, which is why it WILL stop sales. At least if a reader would know where it came from, he would have the option of going to the source.
Edit: Although each section/entry could have its own Section 15. Still I think the net effect will be loss of sales from extracted materials.