Clint_L
Legend
I think they are definitely not.Right -- I am forgetting that WotC isn't an entity, it's made up of people. Whoever wrote those initial goals aren't necessarily the ones holding the reins now.
I think they are definitely not.Right -- I am forgetting that WotC isn't an entity, it's made up of people. Whoever wrote those initial goals aren't necessarily the ones holding the reins now.
Will it exist? That becomes quite the question, now. WotC just potentially de-incentivized a lot of its supporters. Kobold Press, for example, is a lot more secure than it was.Nobody knows. It doesn't exist yet.
I'm part of the discussion, and there's been no hint of a change of course. Paizo at the very least needs it so it can move off the OGL dependency on WotC to enable its creator community.Will it exist?
Going out of print doesn't port a work into the public domain, I don't think. Nor does the death of the author. I don't think it is possible to simply take the 4E SRD that was released under the GSL (for example) and release it under ORC and call it a day.It might be good to see some sort of orphaned system/orphaned work provision to be included in ORC. For example 2e 4e & oh so many forgotten 90s era systems are good examples of orphaned systems that are no longer in print & might not even be a thing you can purchase digitally their publisher abandoned them or shut down. Plenty of classic old school adventures are in a similar limbo where nobody knows who (if anyone) owns the rights because the author died so long ago. Having a way that allows orphaned works to be more broadly used even if they are initially restricted while supported by their creator would clear up a lot of those type of problems.
Well, it does eventually. But not on a timescale that's any use here.Going out of print doesn't port a work into the public domain, I don't think. Nor does the death of the author.
The length of time that takes is a travesty in and of itself, but that's neither here nor there.Well, it does eventually. But not on a timescale that's any use here.![]()
Lots of choices of license can only be good.
Is it now? Who knew!And this isn't like using a D&D rule when playing Pathfinder - it is legally relevant.