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> If I can apply the OGL and the D20 agreements to "articles", then
> I can also include non-covered materials in the same book,
> regardless of source or their otherwise-impact on the licenses,
> and be safe. Like including an OGL version "article" of character
> generation in a book with a D20 "article" of the rest of the game
> and get away with it.
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> And then there is the "review" of D&D which is thrown in to allow
> the use of that logo on the cover which gives me the cover art I want.
True, but lets say it gets changed thus:
Define Article sufficiently well so that it only means what we commonly
think of as a magazine article.
Define Periodical sufficiently well so that it only means what we commonly
think of as a periodical.
Assume the above definitions would allow the 'Gaming Adventure Bimonthly' as
you described it earlier, but would disallow a one-shot module like "The
Horror Beneath".
"Articles" which appear in "Periodicals" may reprint OGC so long as no other
"articles" in that "periodical" which is not itself covered by the OGL
refers to that OGC.
Since you must agree to the terms of the OGL to reprint an article, this
would be binding on any publisher who wished to mix OGC with non-OGC, and
would supercede Fair Use. It would have zero impact on articles that were
truly unrelated.
That takes most (but not all) of the fun out of your twists.
-Brad
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