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From: "Greta Humber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:57 AM
Subject: [Open_Gaming] Referencing Other Works (READ CLARK)
> OK, so we can use the stats but not the name??? So we
> can say "You open the door a see a MONSTER!" then
> include all the stats for it and draw some art derived
> from the description but cannot use the name??! This
> is assume you have not closed the name MONSTER. I
> should publish a PDF tomorrow that comprises a single
> encounter with a creature called MONSTER. :>
Well, persumably you would give the monster a name suitable for your
setting.
> I hope they open that up a bit. Do you think I can
> take all the OGC and just give the monsters new names
> from your manual -I don't intend to do this! -I was
> just wondering how you are protected from someone
> doing just that. The stats are OGC.
You can take all of the OGC from the book and republish it with monster
names of your own design. You could even make you new monster names PI. The
main reason they would mark the names as PI is because they want to use
those specific names to distinguish their setting from others.
> Can you answer my original question? If I choose to
> use your cool new sword in my work -do I even have to
> say your name anywhere -if so, how would it be
> properly referenced?
The OGL requires that you include all of the copyright notices on the
copyright page. See section 6. This is the extent of what you must do and it
is all you can do.
-kenan
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