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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 2762994" data-attributes="member: 13892">Mike Mearls proposed this a while back and it was discussed at length before being abandoned for two primary reasons: 1. A large number of publishers, despite releasing content as OGC, vocally opposed people collecting that content and making it available to the public in one, convenient, place (no, I am not exaggerating). In other words, a lot of publishers didn't really have their hearts in the right place when it came to releasing OGC, apparently (i.e., they were cool with calling it OGC, but aren't too hot about people actually using it in that capacity).2. Several people (myself included) noted that making sure the wiki content OGL was up to date (i.e., contained an all-inclusive Section 15 and Copyright section) would effectively be a full time job. Somebody would have to check the wiki and (likely) update its attached copy of the OGL to reflect submitted content on a daily basis. Doing so would be a colossal PITA. I liked the idea. In fact, having recently toyed with the idea of running an entirely OGC campaign, I really liked the idea - but in the end, I agreed that it would ruffle a lot of the wrong feathers and be very hard to maintain where license issues are concerned.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 2762994, member: 13892"] Mike Mearls proposed this a while back and it was discussed at length before being abandoned for two primary reasons: 1. A large number of publishers, despite releasing content as OGC, vocally opposed people collecting that content and making it available to the public in one, convenient, place (no, I am [i]not[/i] exaggerating). In other words, a lot of publishers didn't really have their hearts in the right place when it came to releasing OGC, apparently (i.e., they were cool with calling it OGC, but aren't too hot about people actually using it in that capacity). 2. Several people (myself included) noted that making sure the wiki content OGL was up to date (i.e., contained an all-inclusive Section 15 and Copyright section) would effectively be a full time job. Somebody would have to check the wiki and (likely) update its attached copy of the OGL to reflect submitted content on a daily basis. Doing so would be a colossal PITA. I liked the idea. In fact, having recently toyed with the idea of running an [i]entirely[/i] OGC campaign, I [i]really[/i] liked the idea - but in the end, I agreed that it would ruffle a lot of the wrong feathers and be very hard to maintain where license issues are concerned. [/QUOTE]

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