> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of korath > Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 1:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] Section 6 and Section 15 > > You would have to include all of section 15, since you must include the > exact text of the Copyright Notice that you are deriving from. Everyone > retains their copyright. Now, if he had released his feats in a > previous work, and then they were added to the book afterwards, locate > the previous work, and use the copyright notice from it. If no such > previous work exists, you're stuck with including the whole Section 15.
First, I am not a lawyer. Don't act on the following without advice of a lawyer. Now, my impression is that the work need not be "previous"; it may also be "subsequent". The OGL is a license by the original author to reuse his work, in which he retains copyright. But like Wizards with their stuff, he needs no license to reuse his own work. So in addition to Korath's excellent advice, it may also be possible to contact the original author and ask him to republish his contribution as a separate work, complete with OGL, and then derive from that. This will only work, of course, if he DOES retain the copyright. For instance, if the work was a work made for hire, then the employer retains the copyright, and the original author cannot separately republish it. Martin L. Shoemaker Martin L. Shoemaker Consulting, Software Design and UML Training [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.MartinLShoemaker.com http://www.UMLBootCamp.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
