> Ryan S. Dancey
>
> > which according to *my* legal advice is not
> > required as it was their opinion that the OGL does not automatically
> convey
> > "open" status on all rules
>
> Whoa nellie!
>
> Where did > that < idea come from?
>
> The only new material that anyone is required to make Open Game Content is
> material derived from other Open Game Content (an "enhancement over the
> prior art").
>
> You could have non-OGC rules in a product using the OGL - heck; how else
> could you use the OGL to present conversion guidelines in an otherwise
> closed product?
That was probably partly my fault. I overlooked the implication of
"enhancement over the prior art" as it applied to non-OGC.
Otherwise though, there is no provision for PI to embody game rules, so I
don't see how new rules can be anything other than OGC.
-Brad
-Brad
