> John Ughrin
>
> Can I, for example declare "the PC's rescue a kidnapped person of
> import for
> great reward" as a concept?
Sounds more like a plot, but it doesn't much matter. A Concept is a thought
or and idea. In this case 1(e) lists many different kinds of concepts, and
this is a catch-all for ideas that don't fit in any of those other
categories.
> From what I can see, nothing prevents
> that from happening.
That's true, but it isn't a big deal. You would only gain protection for
your specific expression of such a general concept. Additionally, the OGL
only prohibits other people from using your instance of such a concept.
That means that I could not take your work and copy it into mine, but I
could come up with the same concept and incorporate it into my work
independently of yours. You would have to demonstrate that I based my work
on yours in order to show that I was violating the license.
You might have your PCs rescue the King of Gorp from the evil Edwina the
Sorceress and receive a big pile of meat pies as a reward. I could still
have the PCs rescue the fair Giselle from a remote mountain tower where she
is being held captive by a petulantly amorous demon, and the reward being an
ancient tome of power.
-Brad
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