My mistake, that requires clarification:
IF WotC is offering the OOP material FREE on their website, you are allowed
to OCR and offer the entire conversion for download. If they are selling
them, you can only offer conversion NOTES.
Here is the exact quote, according to WotC's Jim Butler:
"We wholeheartedly encourage anyone to go through and
make whatever conversion notes for various products
they'd like. Just don't OCR the entire product in with
those conversions and make the entire product available.
Make them notes that can be used with the product, not a
complete reprint."
"We'll be releasing all of the older, out-of-print game
materials over the website at some point in the near
future. Some of these products will be available for
free, while others will be pay-for downloads or
subscription-based (your choice). You're free to make
the conversions and include the entire text of the free
products available. For the pay-for products, we ask
that you stick with the conversions."
(Thanks to Eric Noah for the text. Visit his excellent site at:)
http://www.rpgplanet.com/dnd3e/
Faust
>From: "Doug Meerschaert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [Open_Gaming] ONLINE USE POLICY REFRESHER
>Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 15:08:59 -0400
>
>-----Original Message-----
> > SEPARATELY; They have also stated very publicly that posting 3E
> > conversion of 2E and 1E products verbatim is OK, under the same
> > rules above (except b.).
>
>
>I think you're wrong here. Wizards encouraged conversion notes for SAGA
>and
>2nd ed, but didn't want wholesale copying. They *ARE* offering most of
>those for sale, anyway.
>
>You can release "converison notes", and copy stat blocks et al, but it
>should still be necessary to get the original module.
>
>
>DM
>
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