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Would be interesting to see how some of the other new open licenses (released since the D&D OGL fiasco) have worded this aspect of their licenses. Very good point -- I added OGL 1.0a, ORC, and CC-BY to the main FTL thread. OGL 1.0a doesn't place any restrictions, and ORC and CC-BY are explicit ...

For comparison, the OGL 1.0a avoided specific formats: '1.c "Distribute" means to reproduce, license, rent, lease, sell, broadcast, publicly display, transmit or otherwise distribute' The new ORC from Paizo is clear that any format is fine: "Use or Used means to use material by any me...

It would be very nice to get clarification on this question. The spirit of the license seems liberal and encouraging to creators. But, the actual license is worded in a strangely restrictive way -- the only text formats allowed for distribution are printed copy, VTT, and PDF**. A simple straightforw...

I came to the forums with this very question. It feels at cross-purposes to have a liberal intention for use tied to a very restrictive and explicit rules on file formats. As pointed out below, it sounds like the SRD material could *not* be freely used in accessible .epub books. Although releasing a...