Guest Vile Traveller Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 As MRQ2 is now dead and with it any chance of an updated SRD*, I've uploaded the MRQ1 SRDs (Core, Companion and Monsters) to the site: http://basicroleplaying.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=402 http://basicroleplaying.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=403 http://basicroleplaying.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=401 These are the unadulterated document format files, although the Core and Companion have been combined into one file for convenience (they were individual chapters when they came out of the zip), and all three have had their respective OGL pages tacked on. So, this is everything in those files. *Yes, I know Mongoose say they're going to turn it into Wayfarer(not 's'), and they're going to produce something even better than an OGL. But it won't be RuneQuest. Anyway, they've been saying they were going to update the Traveller SRDs for about two years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 How does this compare to the MRQ1 Deluxe SRD that we already had? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 It's editable Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 (edited) As it says at the front of the Deluxe SRD (which is great, because you can actually find stuff), if anyone wants to actually produce anything based on the SRD they should refer only to the original. Edited May 28, 2011 by Vile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 For those who want to be extra-sure, the original zipped files are still downloadable directly from the Mongoose website: MRQ1 SRD - Core MRQ1 SRD - Companion MRQ1 SRD - Monsters Any would-be developers might want to be aware that there is some as-yet unsubstantiated speculation that the Monsters SRD should not exist. As it is, it makes lots of Gloranthan creature names and stats (but not their descriptions) Open Content. In the absence of confirmation of the validity of their agreement by Mongoose and Issaries, my advice would be to stay well away from the Gloranthan monster names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 However, you might note that none of the files in the MRQ1 SRDs include what would appear to be a fairly important element in all the WotC SRD documents: This material is Open Game Content, and is licensed for public use under the terms of the Open Game License v1.0a. Make of that what you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philotomy Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 (edited) However, you might note that none of the files in the MRQ1 SRDs include what would appear to be a fairly important element in all the WotC SRD documents: Make of that what you will. Oh, brother. So they released the SRD with the OGL license, but never formally declared any Open Content? Yeah, that's kind of a mess. The OGL requires you to "affix such a notice" of Open Game Content to any content that is going to be Used under the terms of the OGL. It could be argued that the inclusion of the RuneQuest SRD in the listing of copyright notices under section 15 demonstrates intent to license it as Open Content, and the absence of a formal notice of Open Content was an oversight. Section 15 is where the copyright statements for the other included Open Content (i.e. from the d20 SRD and the d20 Modern SRD) were placed, per the requirements of the OGL Section 6 ("You must update the COPYRIGHT NOTICE portion of the License to include the exact text of the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any Open Game Content You are copying, modifying, or distributing, and You must add the title, the copyright date, and the copyright holder's name to the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any original Open Game Content you Distribute.") The listing of the RuneQuest SRD, in the proper format, in that part of the included OGL suggests that Mongoose considered the RuneQuest SRD as Open Content. Unfortunately, it's not really an open and shut thing, though, if someone wanted to argue otherwise. One could certainly argue that the absence of a formal declaration of Open Content makes the included OGL invalid or meaningless. Edited May 29, 2011 by Philotomy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHibbs Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Oh, brother. So they released the SRD with the OGL license, but never formally declared any Open Content? Yeah, that's kind of a mess. The original release had the declaration, but someone removed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHibbs Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 *Yes, I know Mongoose say they're going to turn it into Wayfarer(not 's'), and they're going to produce something even better than an OGL. But it won't be RuneQuest. Does it matter that it isn't RuneQuest? Lots of people seem happy with BRP, and that isn't RuneQuest either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Does it matter that it isn't RuneQuest? I was being completely facetious. Factual, but facetious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 For those who want to be extra-sure, the original zipped files are still downloadable directly from the Mongoose website: These seem to have disappeared together with the old Mongoose website. Still, now there's Legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 But aren't those files still available from the Basic Roleplaying website's Downloads section? MRQ1 SRD - Monsters - Downloads - Basic Roleplaying Central Mongoose RuneQuest - Downloads - Basic Roleplaying Central Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Indeed they are, because I put them there! I'm just saying that the links to the zipped files on Mongoose's old website are dead now (as you'd expect). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspawner Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 So should they be deleted from here as well - and the whole sorry version air-brushed from history...? NO! Let it stand forever as a Terrible Warning to Future Generations of RQ-ers! Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Once OGL, always OGL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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