Lewis Stoddart wrote:
> I'm even less of a lawyer than most of you, but I think that a lot of this > is less to do with actual statute than it is to do with reasonable usage. If > I want to cite the name of a WotC work, or feat or whatever, then unless I'm > actively advised against it, in my non-lawyer brain it'll come up as a > citation and therefore be clean. > > Sensible? Perhaps not. But then again, I'm not a professional publisher, > just a hack who likes to mess around with games and mechanics. > However, once you publish ANYTHING marked as Open Content under the OGL, you are making a promise to the world:"This material is open content and can be safely used". It isn't simply a matter of "Oh, if WOTC makes a fuss, I'll just take down my website or something." If you aren't prepared to promise (and possibly have that promise tried in court) someone else that VERBATIM reuse of the material you declare as 'open' won't get them a visit from WOTC, then I suggest you forget the OGL and try your luck under normal copyright laws. Use of the OGL places you into a legal relationship with every other person who might wish to reuse your open content, and if you aren't prepared for that responsibility, it is best that you do not accept it. _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
