>From FrogGod, advocate of he-who-has-really-bad-breath-and-no-AC:
>Then to fall back on what *I* was asking before, if a special case can be
>made for magazines, then a special case could be made for game books. And
>if it can only be made for magazines, then I will be tempted to claim that
>all my supplements are "magazines"...
>
>You can't make special cases without *inviting* abuse.
IANAL, but I believe that the courts recognize a "periodical" as a distinct
form of publication--and the OGL could even re-interate that if necessary.
I agree with Brad; the OGL should be modified to permit periodicals
including OGL material to escape the OGL for the rest of the magazine. This
could be done either by exempting periodicals specifically in a new clause,
or adjusting the definition of "work" to indicate a single article within a
periodicial (and all commentary on that article, to cap abuse.)
Of course, WotC could interpret the OGL as saying that already... but a
modification of the license would still be the best way to go.
DM
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