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<blockquote data-quote="Prime_Evil" data-source="post: 8895791" data-attributes="member: 11984">In some cases this is true. But in others the original licensor can't or won't update the license. Here are some examples. The Action System was published under the OGL in 2003-2004. It has nothing to do with D&amp;D. The core rules do not rely upon anything from the 3.5 SRD&nbsp; The company which published it (Gold Rush Games) subsequently vanished because the founder (Mark Arsenault) had some serious health issues. Who is going to update the licence in this case? The Cepheus Engine is an excellent 2d6 based science fiction game. It is depends upon the Traveller SRD released by Mongoose Publishing for the first edition of their version of Traveller. Once again, the game system has absolutely no reliance on any WoTC intellectual property. Mongoose subsequently released a second edition of their game but did not produce a second edition SRD or release any 2E content under the OGL. Would they be willing to revisit the 1E SRD to change the licensing terms? Remember they license Traveller itself from Far Future Enterprises, so this might require upstream approval even if they did.The risk of orphaned Games where open content is lost to the community forever is very real.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prime_Evil, post: 8895791, member: 11984"] In some cases this is true. But in others the original licensor can't or won't update the license. Here are some examples. The Action System was published under the OGL in 2003-2004. It has nothing to do with D&D. The core rules do not rely upon anything from the 3.5 SRD The company which published it (Gold Rush Games) subsequently vanished because the founder (Mark Arsenault) had some serious health issues. Who is going to update the licence in this case? The Cepheus Engine is an excellent 2d6 based science fiction game. It is depends upon the Traveller SRD released by Mongoose Publishing for the first edition of their version of Traveller. Once again, the game system has absolutely no reliance on any WoTC intellectual property. Mongoose subsequently released a second edition of their game but did not produce a second edition SRD or release any 2E content under the OGL. Would they be willing to revisit the 1E SRD to change the licensing terms? Remember they license Traveller itself from Far Future Enterprises, so this might require upstream approval even if they did. The risk of orphaned Games where open content is lost to the community forever is very real. [/QUOTE]

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