Wiki challenge!

[Wulf Ratbane]

Not that I would quibble with Joe or the solution you guys settled on, but:

Originally Posted by The OGL
11. Use of Contributor Credits: You may not market or advertise the Open Game Content using the name of any Contributor unless You have written permission from the Contributor to do so.

Does a cite really constitute marketing or advertising?

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Yeah, I'm quite happy to do similar - it's just finding the time!

I am willing to (finally!) add all of Grim Tales, provided I have a volunteer to follow after me and clean up the formatting.

 

[Fifth Element]

Does a cite really constitute marketing or advertising?

That's certainly arguable, but a "better safe than sorry" approach might be the best thing.

 

[Morrus]

I am willing to (finally!) add all of Grim Tales, provided I have a volunteer to follow after me and clean up the formatting.

I don't mind doing it, although I may lag behind by some time. It'll be formatted eventually, though!

 

[jmucchiello]

You are correct. My fault entirely. I will remove the references to the publishers and products (well, except the ENP stuff because, well, I want it there and I give myself permission!; plus the Fifth Element stuff, because he added it himself and presumably gives himself permission!)

But, now the dilemma. How do you know the content being posted is OGC if there's no way to verify where it came from?

My meaningless advice/suggestion is that you ask publishers to create unique pages wherein they grant their explicit permission. Then a mod goes in and sets the permissions for that page so that only that publisher can modify the page (so they can add products if they choose). After that you only allow OGC from listed allowable products.

 

[Kristian Serrano]

Couldn't you use a template for standard statement about the content being posted under the OGL and just link to the s15 statement related to each entry or something to that effect?

 

[pawsplay]

I'm perfectly happy posting lost of OGC, but I have some misgivings about this project. Where is it identified that the contributions are being licensed under the OGL? And what are the sitewide policies... I see the wiki has 4e fan creations, as well!

A fan site is okay. An OGC site is fine. Mixing the two is potentially problematic.

 

[CleverNickName]

I put up my Fire Islands pantheon for all to enjoy. It is a whole new pantheon for the 3.X game, complete with its own gods and mythology and cosmology. I've also got some new domains to go with it, and some crude and cartoony illustrations to add as well, but that stuff will have to wait until I get home.

This stuff is perfect for campaigns on or around a remote tropical cluster of volcanic islands, in the vein of King Kong, The Isle of Dread, Lost, etc. If you would like to be a part of this sort of thing, by all means jump in! This isn't supposed to be "my" project.

 

[CleverNickName]

On a related topic...

I have been working on a "conversion document" for module X1: The Isle of Dread, which allows it to be played under the 3.5 Edition rules. (In fact, it was this conversion that inspired me to create the Fire Islands campaign.) All of the conversion work has been done in accordance with the rules set forth by WotC back in the day...no scanned maps or artwork, no copied text, link to the ESD, using the ENWorld template, all that.

It isn't complete...there are still a ton of things to convert, like the random encounter tables and "new" monsters that came with the module, rules for pearl diving, etc. I think it would make an interesting community project, with several DMs chipping in to balance, test, and revise it. It's a classic, after all.

On the other hand, I can see where it could turn into a legal nightmare. Who maintains "ownership" of the document? And what happens to the 3.x version, if someone wants to do a 4E conversion of it? What about non-WotC conversions, like Pathfinder or C&C?

I'm confused and paranoid.

 

[The Sigil]

As with the other wiki project, I explicitly give permission to include S.T. Cooley Publishing's stuff in here. My wiki-fu sucks, so I will let someone else who has the inclination and better wiki-fu add it.