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> > If someone posted a Prestige Class, for example, at a web site
> > and then tell you that you can download it and use it, Is the
> > Prestige Class consisted to be OGL material or owned by the
> > creator? I would like to get some official and unofficial
> > comemts on this.
>
>It isn't OGL material unless the author says it is and a copy of the
>license
>accompanies the download. In either case, the creator still owns the
>material, but if it is released under the OGL you have permission to use it
>so long as you abide by the terms of the license.
The essence of this is that the author must specifically and formally
designate the content as "open" by saying so and by including a copy of the
OGL along with the content.
In a "you can use this" situation the author still retains all copyrights -
you cannot reprint the item or sell it without his/her permisson.
Faust
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