"Ryan S. Dancey" wrote:
> Can you give me a simple case where a magazine publishing some OGC means
> that the magazine has violated the terms of the license?
GENERIC MAGAZINE:
Article 1: OGL stuff.
Article 2: A CALL OF CTHULHU adventure
Article 3: A review of THE SUNLESS CITADEL, containing the words "Wizards of
the Coast", "Dungeons & Dragons" and "D20".
Article 4: A generic article about using music in RPGs, but which mentions
several specific game systems (let's say VAMPIRE, DEADLANDS, RIFTS, and HEAVY
GEAR).
Article 5: An editorial discussing Cybergames.com buying a bunch of RPG
companies -- mentioning the company names and some of the games they produce.
Cover Text: "Review of WotC's SUNLESS CITADEL module for D&D and D20!
Cybergames.com buys Deadlands and Shards of the Stone! Call of Cthulhu
adventures! And much, much more!"
Now, compare and contrast with GENERIC OGL MODULE which contains:
1. The OGL stuff.
2. A conversion guide for making the module work with CALL OF CTHULHU.
3. The words "Wizards of the Coast", "Dungeons & Dragons", and "D20".
4. An Author's Afterword which discusses his background -- mentioning several
specific game systems he's played in the past (let's say VAMPIRE, DEADLANDS,
RIFTS, and HEAVY GEAR).
5. Cover Text: "Compatible with WotC's D&D and the D20 system! Conversion
guide for CALL OF CTHULHU!"
Explain to me the difference between these two products and why the former
would be accepted, but the latter would not be.
Justin Bacon
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