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Re: A question on the OGL

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Ubiquitous

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Apr 30, 2011, 8:59:46 PM4/30/11
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keith....@kjdavies.org wrote:
>Loren Pechtel <lorenp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:28:57 -0400, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
>> wrote:

>>>How do other software handle it? I am quite sure DMgenie has most, if not
>>>all, the functionalites you described.
>>
>> Looking over DM Genie's features it's got stuff that's no doubt not
>> covered. Either Wizards isn't enforcing it or DM Genie is licensed.
>
>As far as I know, the only programs that were explicitly licensed were
>'e-tools' and pcgen... and at that, e-tools was closer to a work for
>hire (i.e. WotC owned the rights and paid for the development and
>support) and CMP had a license for the *data* -- the program itself
>was and is FOSS.

I don't recall PCgen being an official D&D program but I do recall there was
something planned to replace E-Tools that wound up bloating into something
ridiculous (spinning 3D images of all the monsters and equipment, for example)
that never panned out.

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