RE: [Open_Gaming] Mixed Works?

[Brad Thompson]

> Justin Bacon
>
> Do they have to have OGL content that I am actually using? Or is
> it sufficient
> that they merely have some sort of OGL content which is extant? What if I
> produce something which uses product identity belonging to
> someone who has not
> yet produced OGC, but does so after I have published (but
> continue to sell) my
> product?

In order to have standing, they must be listed (or deserve to be listed) in
the copyright notice of your work.

> So you're telling me that I can use product identity, so long as
> the use of the
> product identity is unconnected to the OGC? I can't get that
> reading out of the
> OGL. What constitutes a "connection"?

Derivation from their work.  Otherwise you can use product identity you
otherwise have the right to do so.

-Brad

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