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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgbrowning" data-source="post: 2774495" data-attributes="member: 5724">They are. Given the rest of your post, I don't think you are, however.There is no "minimum" amount of required OGC in an OGL product. There is no "tax."This isn't true.Since there is no minimum required the above doesn't follow.Yes. This is not the Open Source software community, however. What you describe is not common practice in this community. In fact, unlike Open Source software in which the end user benefits from the above practice, the end user will not benefit as less OGC material will be produced.The people making OGC, unlike the people making Open Source software, are doing so because they're being fiscally rewarded.No one has ever been "forced" to add OGC material. I could close every single thing I've ever done and use Phil's  "Only game mechanics directly based on material from the SRD is presented as open game content. All text, including names and descriptions, are closed content and may not be used without permission of the publisher," as my statement.If every publisher starts doing this, the only new OGC will be coming from non-publishers.Much of your post and train of thought is based upon a misunderstanding of the license.Indeed!  It appears that all the publishers who don't want a FREE to the public source of OGC have been incredibly irresponsible by creating the damn OGC to begin with that other people now think is supposed to be free of cost because "the license means it can be free of cost."Oh well. I have been irresponsible in assuming others could be responsible. I guess I should go be responsible by closing as much as possible in my upcoming works and let all the publishers know, "Hey just contact me and I'll let you use whatever you want. I would have made it all open but some people don't respect the fact that I want to get paid for my work."I imagine this would be the result. A "Cabal" of publishers who allow other publishers to reuse material while prohibiting anything but the very minimum from being OGC.Is getting stuff for free (of cost) really worth creating such a "community"?joe b.</blockquote>

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