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<blockquote data-quote="kingpaul" data-source="post: 1231349" data-attributes="member: 1477">CMP does not require exclusivity with any of their licensees...as has been said mutliple times in multiple places.&nbsp; In fact, Bastion Press, on of the licensees, has no problem with having their datasets distributed by both&nbsp; CMP, for pay, and PCGen, for free.That was the choice of the Cooks'.&nbsp; I was the publisher liaison at the time.&nbsp; I approached them about including AU in PCGen.&nbsp; They said they wanted to charge.&nbsp; PCGen did not then, and does not now, have an apparatus to charge for datasets.And that is an issue that has been brought up with the sudden firestorm on the boards.&nbsp; The question, for the most part, devolves from &quot;When to release?&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Early and often, as long as it passes OGL compliance and doesn't break PCGen&quot; or &quot;When the data set is completely entered, cleared OGL copliance, has been through QA and publisher review&quot;.&nbsp; CMP did not have an influence on this issue.How does PCGen decline?&nbsp; It is an open source project.&nbsp; The code is under the LGPL and the data is under the OGL.&nbsp; IF someone wants, they can, at any time, fork the code, and start from there.And that was why I was asking.&nbsp; People say there are conflicts of interest.&nbsp; Fine, but what are the perceptions, so they may be addressed.Has that cleared anything up for you?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kingpaul, post: 1231349, member: 1477"] CMP does not require exclusivity with any of their licensees...as has been said mutliple times in multiple places. In fact, Bastion Press, on of the licensees, has no problem with having their datasets distributed by both CMP, for pay, and PCGen, for free. That was the choice of the Cooks'. I was the publisher liaison at the time. I approached them about including AU in PCGen. They said they wanted to charge. PCGen did not then, and does not now, have an apparatus to charge for datasets. And that is an issue that has been brought up with the sudden firestorm on the boards. The question, for the most part, devolves from "When to release?" "Early and often, as long as it passes OGL compliance and doesn't break PCGen" or "When the data set is completely entered, cleared OGL copliance, has been through QA and publisher review". CMP did not have an influence on this issue. How does PCGen decline? It is an open source project. The code is under the LGPL and the data is under the OGL. IF someone wants, they can, at any time, fork the code, and start from there. And that was why I was asking. People say there are conflicts of interest. Fine, but what are the perceptions, so they may be addressed. Has that cleared anything up for you? [/QUOTE]

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