An OGL board?

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ascottbay

Apr 24, 2009 13:07:51		I think a redirect board named OGL should be positioned under the GSL board, pointing to an OGL board located under D&D Previous Editions.

There are frequent posts in the GSL board that are about 3.5E, the original SRD, and the OGL that have nothing to do with the GSL (not even by way of comparison). This occasionally leads to new posters believing them to be the same thing, or not understanding the differences between them, and may prompt other new posters to start additional erroneous threads.

It might also be helpful to have the OGL board be the place for OGL-GSL discussions, so that the GSL board can better promote the GSL and licensed products without getting bogged down by people picking apart the pros/cons/philosophical shift/whatever that came up between editions. There would still be people questioning the GSL, but it should strictly be on the merits (or faults) of the GSL, rather than "the old days were better."

On the other hand, the mods may not welcome the additional work of making sure that OGL or OGL-GSL threads go in the right (new) board, and the GSL board would probably still end up being the first choice for people confused about licenses. Calling the OGL board "OGL and Other Licenses" or "OGL and Licenses General" might help, or might not, since it would require that the confused newbie is willing to take the time to figure out where they should post; and if they were willing to do this in the first place, they might have taken an extra minute to read the stickies of both the GSL and OGL boards to make an informed decision, anyways.

Additionally, WotC may not want a place for the discussion of what are essentially now competitive products. This might be remedied by indicating that the OGL board is not for posting advertisements or "press releases." That may or may not be enough; there may be other factors involved.

I think this will be a good idea, but maybe there are others here who know better, or maybe I'm the only one who sees a problem in the first place.