>From a post over on EN World's forums.........
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Having picked up the MM2 yesterday, I found this a bit amusing.
I understand that WotC is not obligated to follow the 5% OGC rule when
using the d20 logo.
But they are as bound by the OGL as everyone else. When they borrowed
OGC creatures from the Creature Collection, they crashed and burned.
Mistake 1: They did not update their Section 15 of the OGL. It lists only the
Open Game License. By the terms of the Open Gaming License, it must
include the Section 15 of the work. Clearly, those creatures were derivative
of material from the System Reference Document, so the SRD should have
been referenced. While it is possible that they obtained the creatures
directly from Clark, without the CC mentioned in the Section 15, I think they
probably should have included that as well.
Mistake 2: They declared the entire contents of the creatures OGC. In the
CC, the creatures' names are NOT OGC. I don't doubt that Clark gave
WotC writtern permission to USE the names. But unless they also have
written permission from Clark to do so, they just declared something OGC
that they have no right to declare OGC. If they DID get permission from
Clark, they probably should have done a better job making it clear that they
have it.
I'm REALLY disappointed in WotC hammering on everyone else to "get
OGL-compliant, dammit" and then drop the ball so grievously on the very
points they scream at everyone else to adhere to (ESPECIALLY Section
15).
Now, here comes my question:
Can Clark use WotC's own lawyers to force WotC to comply with the OGL? {PRIVATE
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Note: somebody pointed out in a later post that WOTC DID change the
names as they should have, but that they did NOT update their section
15.....
Very interesting, so I thought I would share...
TANSTAAFL
Rasyr (Tim Dugger)
System Editor
Iron Crown Enterprises
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