Jonathan Thompson wrote: >I apologize for the language being unclear. Its my own work, and I was told >that I needed to reference my own works in sec 15 if I pulled material from >my own works. > I do not believe that this is accurate.
Anyone who retains copyright of their work can re-release it at any time and under any terms as long as there is no contract or law prohibiting them from doing so. Since I don't remember an "exclusivity clause" in the OGL, this does not seem to be the case. If you had to reference your work, then you'd have to reference every edition of that work--possibly even the draft unreleased notes versions. >Now I have three games going through simultaneous development >using the SRD. There was new material created for Game B that I thought >would work well in Game A, so I added the material to Game A, which will be >published before Game B. I was wondering if I should put the Sec 15 >reference in Game B as Game A or Vice versa or what. > It's my understanding that you only *have* to put in the copyright notice of your own work and all the works of *other people* that you derive from. Since you have Authority to Contribute, you don't need the OGL to release the work. (As stated, though, listing all three games might not be such a bad idea publicity wise--just as listing your website isn't, either.) As to what you *should* do... you should release a "Jonathan Thompson games SRD" with all of the rules, place your website URL and promo info in *THAT*, and reference it in all three other books. Sell the books, wait three months, and then release your SRD. Do it this way, and you can put shiney Free20 / Open20 logos on the books. www.ogexchange.com DM _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
