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From: "Rogers Cadenhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Open_Gaming] OGF (possible) Final Draft
> At 02:16 PM 8/26/00 -0700, "kevin kenan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> That is the way I read it too. But I think this is a good thing
>> since this clause keeps the OGC sections from leaking intellectual
>> property. In my mind, the OGL is for Opening rules while keeping
>> setting material closed; there are other licenses (GFDL for
>> instance) if you want to Open everything. However, section 7
>> allows you to use a separate license to cover Product Identity. So
>> you can release your adventure using the OGL and then provide a
>> seperate license that allows others to use particular elements of
>> your Product Identity.
> Let me see if I understand you: A person who wants to release a
> leucrotta for use with D20 should publish the product with the OGL,
> D20 trademark license, and a license to be named later? I hope
> someone's kidding here.
The way the license reads now, yes, I think that you would need
another license in order to release any of your Product Identity as
Open Content. I may be wrong, though; this is just my interpretation
of the new version of the license. Read it for yourself; do you come
to the same conclusion? Hopefully the OGL will allow for the author to
list the elements of his Product Identity that he wishes to make Open.
> If the whole goal of the OGL is to allow rules to be shared, I've
> got a newsflash: Rules already can be shared! No one needs a license
> to adopt "roll 4D6 and assign the top 3 rolls to your physical
> strength attribute" as a rule in your game, even though it appears
> in D&D 3E. People who agree to the license simply to share rules
> will be losing rights they had prior to using it.
So by your opinion, the d20SRD can be used without the OGL since it is
a document of rules and rules can't be copyrighted? If you believe
this, why are you even bothering with the OGL? Just release your works
under the GFDL.
-kenan
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