At 08:33 PM 9/27/00 -0700, you wrote:
>From: "Brad Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> 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.
>
>The line from the license says (in part):
>
>"(d)"Open Game Content" means the game mechanic and ... clearly identified
>as Open Game Content by the Contributor..."
>
>If you don't identify something as Open Game Content, and it's not a
>derivative work of something that is, then that material is not OGC.
>
OK, my interpretation was wrong.
But what does 'derivative' mean, in this context? How much has to depend on
existing rules? If I design a combat system from scratch, but which relies
on the stats, skill ranks, etc, of the D20 SRD, that's probably
derivative...but what about, as FrogGod suggested, a "Star Goes Nova"
table? Or a new skill? Is anything which includes a DC table 'derivative'?
So we now have THREE types of content in a single document:OGC, PI, and
"none of the above".
