What might be the reasoning and motivations for WOTC to specify “Static Electron Files” under work covered?
What are the possible ramifications of this language? What limitations does this place on creators, now or in the future? Is the term broader than it needs to be? Are there (are might there be in the future) classes of things that might fall between being Static Electron Files and things that would fall appropriately under the Virtual Tabletop Policy?
What is the exact definition of “Static Electron Files”, in this context? I’m not sure I see that the term is specifically defined in the draft version. Is that going to be a proplem , now or in the future? Does “Static Electron Files” have a legal definition? (If so what is the legal definition and what is and what is not included?)
It means non dynamic. This was discussed re: the initial draft too. It means PDFs, as opposed to "dynamic" files which would be something like the D&D Beyond Toolset. Anything digital outside a "static" state file, like a PDF, is in the VTT state. It's actually not hard to see the difference and yes folks developing D&D stuff outside the realm of PDF material probably do have some concerns there. Probably why the various VTT big players are probably negotiating something with WotC different than the OGL #whatever.
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What might be the reasoning and motivations for WOTC to specify “Static Electron Files” under work covered?
What are the possible ramifications of this language? What limitations does this place on creators, now or in the future? Is the term broader than it needs to be? Are there (are might there be in the future) classes of things that might fall between being Static Electron Files and things that would fall appropriately under the Virtual Tabletop Policy?
What is the exact definition of “Static Electron Files”, in this context? I’m not sure I see that the term is specifically defined in the draft version. Is that going to be a proplem , now or in the future? Does “Static Electron Files” have a legal definition? (If so what is the legal definition and what is and what is not included?)
It means non dynamic. This was discussed re: the initial draft too. It means PDFs, as opposed to "dynamic" files which would be something like the D&D Beyond Toolset. Anything digital outside a "static" state file, like a PDF, is in the VTT state. It's actually not hard to see the difference and yes folks developing D&D stuff outside the realm of PDF material probably do have some concerns there. Probably why the various VTT big players are probably negotiating something with WotC different than the OGL #whatever.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.