--- Tim Dugger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First off, it depends on exactly what you release as OGC. If you > release the WHOLE thing as OGC, then you are in the situation as > Anthony related it. If you release only what is required, and keep > the rest as PI, then you can do as above. The example that > Anthony answered said the the whole tihng as OGC (meaning all > the setting details and non-d20 information as well as the d20 stuff)
I don't buy this. Assume I have a character John Doe with personality, background, current plot complications and future plans and John Doe's stat block. I can release all of John Doe's text as OGC. I can also print John Doe's background and future plans in a non-OGL book because I own the copyright to that material. Thus, the text to that material is copyright by me and I have licensed a copy of it as OGC. Section 3 states: By Using the Open Game Content.... The original copyright holder doesn't have to USE the OGC version of the material. The background and stuff has no OGC in it in its original form and thus, as the copyright holder, I can publish it again. Since John Doe's stat block is also derived from the SRD, I cannot use that material in other works because I do not have the sole copyright on that material. That's, at least, how the GPL works. Joe Mucchiello Throwing Dice Games [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not A Lawyer __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
