>> I can't even imagine the best way to word option 2 to >> pass legal muster, but it's an issue that has to be >> resolved before any Open Creature Project goes forward.
Images are unnessary, for the project to begin. One of the original issues that sparred the idea for the project, was to provide fuller, complete descriptions. Although artwork would make it the definitive guide (esp if the artwork were OGC), it is not required. >> For example, if someone creates an open version of the SRD >> Aboleth with a description and picture based on public domain >> sources that predate its creation in the 2nd Edition Monstrous >> 2) Language needs to be included in the licensing >> section indicating that while the picture is closed >> content, the visual representation of the monster >> represented by the picture is open content. Why? This just takes us full circle back to the Creature Collection. If I create a description for the Aboleth based on works published in 1850, that have fallen out of copyright (ie public domain), that new description is now copyright Me. If we then present an image, either originally drawn in 1850, or a new one based on our description, that image does not need to be OGC, nor does the "visual representation of the monster" need to be open. That image can be simply Closed Content. If we want people to be able to use that image, we can provide a license/permission allowing people to 1) Reproduce it unchanged 2) Provide directions as how to retrieve the original for themselves (if it was an original artwork that has fallen into PD) -- Mike _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
