Message: 1Why do I care? I got all my OGC out of Product B. The fact that the owner's of that copyrighted material also made it OGC in Product A is utterly irrelevant to me.
From: "Reginald Cablayan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] Re: Ogf-l digest, Vol 1 #630 - 3 msgs
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 12:51:54 -1000
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There is one problem. How does a publisher or writer for Product C
distinguish which OGC from Product B is derived or reprinted from Product A?
Here's the crux of the matter: The publisher owns the copyright on some material -- let's call it M. The publisher publishes Product A and includes copyrighted material M, designating it as OGC.
They can do this: They own the copyright on the material. They complied with the OGC. They can designate the material as OGC because they own it.
The publisher now publishes Product B, and the again designate their copyrighted material M as OGC.
They can still do this: They own the copyright on the material, so they do not need to use the OGL to use the OGC from Product A (just as WotC does not need to use the d20 Trademark License in order to use the d20 trademark logo). They complied with the OGC. They can designate the material as OGC because they own it.
Now I come along and see Product B: I don't know about Product A. I don't care about Product A. Product A has absolutely no effect on me when I decide to use material M, designed as OGC in Product B. Why? Because I have entered into a license with the owners of material M. The fact that the owners of material M have published that material in a different form -- and licensed it in a different form -- is irrelevant.
Similarly, the fact that WotC has licensed the material in the SRD to a computer game company has absolutely no effect on my use of the material in the SRD in compliance with the OGL.
Justin Bacon
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