[again, i thought i sent this a while ago.]
>From: "Rogers Cadenhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Open Game Content must be clearly identified in order to be Open Game
>Content.
>> If I identify the Presence stat as Product Identity in an OGL-licensed
>> work, how can it possibly be considered Open Game Content?
>
>It is considered such by the very section you quoted.
>
>> >"(d)"Open Game Content" means the game mechanic and includes the methods,
>> >procedures, processes and routines to the extent such content does not
>> >embody the Product Identity and is an enhancement over the prior art and
>any
>> >additional content clearly identified as Open Game Content by the
>> >Contributor, and means any work covered by this License, including
>> >translations and derivative works under copyright law, but specifically
>> >excludes Product Identity. "
>
>All game mechanics are Open Content, that's the very first thing it says.
>You can also Open additional material if you choose to, but game mechanics
>_must be_ Open. PI can override Open Content in some cases, but not this
>one. A stat cannot be PI'd as it does not meet the qualifications of what
>can be PI (unless you trademark it or something weird) given in section
>1(e).
this is yet another case where i think the WOGL is woefully unclear.
"means" is a poor choice of verb, because it can both be definitional
and indicative. while i have read the PI definition as clearly
excluding game mechanics, i thought it was perfectly clear that,
provided your game mechanics were not derivative of game mechanics
already released as OGC, you could choose whether or not to make them
OGC. it looks to me like many of the existing D20 products have a
mixture of OGC and closed content in their mechanics--i guess we
won't know which way this clause is intended to be interpreted until
after the letters have been sent and the corrections made (or not, of
course).
--
woodelf <*>
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