Brad Thompson wrote:
> > Ah, I see. No, you're correct. The whole publication has to abide by the
> > terms of the OGL. It is either published using the OGL, or it is not.
>
> Something has been bugging me about this ever since you said it, and it
> finally crystallized. How can a magazine such as Dragon publish OGC without
> becoming 'infected' with the OGL? It seems that the current license doesn't
> allow this sort of publication. If so, then I think it will deal a serious
> blow to the acceptance of Open Gaming unless we can fix it.
I'm a little unclear on exactly what the issue here is. If DRAGON were to
publish OGL content they would need to include the open gaming license, and
clearly mark what material was open. The only thing that I can see as a
potential problem would be the inability to use unlicensed/unapproved product
identity anywhere else in your magazine.
A possible solution to that problem: The limitation on the use of product
identity should not apply to fair use of product identity within the product.
Use of product identity in advertising or to suggest compatibility or
co-adaptability would still be completely prohibited.
For DRAGON itself this simply wouldn't be a problem, of course. They only
discuss WotC games, anyway, so they wouldn't have any need to reference non-WotC
product identity. (Ditto DUNGEON. Ditto STAR WARS GAMER.)
Justin Bacon
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