>Joe Mucchiello wrote: > You are going to have to try a different example since feats are almost by definition derivative of the SRD.
Actually, I think it's a perfect example, since Feats are likely the most often cross-referenced OGC material and PI material is irrelevant to my question. > Second, If you put all of that chapter nonsense in you section 15, it will make no sense in my section 15 if I try to use your stuff. My chapter 5 could have nothing to do with feats. The OGL is not designed to assign credit for a specific piece of OGC don't try to force that credit into it. Actually, the purpose is to reduce the Section 15 of others. For instance, if I develop an entire rulebook that draws material from 20 different sources as well as my own original OGC material, than anyone using my material needs to list all of these sources *unless* I provide an SRD-like document that includes *only* my original material (which seems a good idea under such circumstances). However, by indicating which material is derived from whichever source, I permit anyone wanting to use Feat X to obtain Source Item Y and thus use its (much smaller) Section 15. It also provides the option of using either the original version or my derived/altered version. For example, I've assimilated several Eldritch Feats, but tweaked many of the Prereqs to restrict their availability to upper levels (12th or higher). Thus, I'd rather point the reader to the original source specificially because of this modification. Another consideration is the Shaman Class. Between The Primal Codex, Gothos, and The Shaman's Handbook (all sources I draw from, each with a Shaman class), I'd like the reader to know which of these sources the actual class I use comes from. By not indicating that Chapter 3 (Classes) has material derived from The Primal Codex, it becomes a mystery to anyone *not* familiar with *all three sources* which publisher's class I have adapted, and anyone familiar with TPC will recognize that I have, indeed, made alterations to the class, while anyone not familiar with it won't be aware of the changes. For this reason, I'd be inclined to seperate the sources on a by-level basis. This isn't intended to say "Item X comes from Source Y by Publisher Z", but rather than "Chapter 5 contains information from Source X, Source Y and Source Z". Another note of interest: > 6.Notice of License Copyright: You must update the COPYRIGHT NOTICE portion of this License to include the exact text of the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any Open Game Content You are copying, modifying or distributing. Here, it is specified that the copyright notice of *Open Game Content* being used. This is not the same thing as a book, pdf, online reference or other source. For this matter, if someone is using an original Feat from my material but not a Class that I derived from another source, why must the Copyright Notice of my book be reproduced in its entirety when it includes Copyright Notice regarding *Open Game Content* not being used? Again, this indicates that a source document containing quite a bit of derived material from multiple sources likely should, in some regard, provide an "Original OGC SRD-like Document" to simplify matters, while containing a complete (and lengthy) Section 15 in the "master document". This is likely a suitable answer; Or perhaps following the example provided in ToH or the NBoF would also provide a fair (and very efficient) solution. ~Ol' Ben _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
