How bizarre. It seems to me that if the NPC is OGC, then why would any other
company pay for something that's already freely available? That doesn't make
any sense?
I would think adding non-profit clauses to a contract such as that would be
standard fare. No company would want to get caught in that. I mean, in this
case you're fairly lucky since the work is OGC. What if the writer had
contributed PI content, and then turned around and sold it to someone else?
You'd have a sticky situation on your hands, and I wouldn't want to be in that
writer's shoes. No, you are firmly within your rights to seek legal action
against said writer. However, IANAL. :)
Plus, if it were _me_, I'd find out who was trying to buy the NPC, and email
them and tell them that they can have it for free through the normal licensing
procedures as provided by the OGL/OGC. :)
Crazy...
Curtis Bennett
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---- On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Howdy y'all,
>
> I have a question about the OGL. : )
>
> Here is the scenario I am facing:
>
> 1. A nonprofit company obtains the services of a volunteer writer to
> design
> an NPC.
> 2. Writer agrees that the NPC will be property of the company and the
> writer
> also agrees not to try to make a profit off of said NPC once/if it is
> published.
> 3. The company publishes the writer's NPC as open content as defined by
> the
> OGL
> 4. Writer tries to sell the opened NPC.
> 5. Company takes legal action on said writer.
>
> What has more weight in court? The contract or the OGL? Did the
> company
> violate the OGL by placing such an anti-profit clause in its writer's
> contracts prior to releasing the content under the OGL?
>
> Our attorney says "no" but I want to double check with this list.
> Confronting the "profit" issue with the OGL is our last legal hoop, so I
> want
> to make real sure before I proceed.
>
> Maggie
>
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