Hmm - Okay say I write a rulebook for my game. I have a character
creation system and a magic system. I mark in big bold letters
that the magic system is "Open Game Content", and everything else
is copyright 2000 by me and may not be distributed. Is there a
back door where someone could (somehow, under the terms of the
OGL) use the rest of my stuff? It seems so confusing on this list,
everyone seems to assume that things that aren't PI are fair game.
Jaimi
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Subject: RE: [Open_Gaming] For Ryan:More on Product Identity....
> Jaimi McEntire
>
> As a further clarification - we can still "close" things that are not
> product identity, correct?
No. If it isn't PI, you can't close it with the OGL.
> We are writing a CRPG, and we are interested in using the game mechanics
> of the D20 SRD. We would need to create a new magic system, which we
> would like to release as open game content. However, nothing else would
> be open game content (Including: character creation, levelling up, etc).
> Is this still a correct use? (Note: we will not use the D20 logo).
Yes...but software is special since it can't be PI.
-Brad
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