Jeremy Reaban wrote:
>
> On the main page for D20 it says "The D20 System Reference Document
> (D20SRD) is an Open Game. It is presented to the public using the
> terms of the Open Gaming License."
I don't see this, URL?
>
> Then in the overview of the of the D20SRD, it says
>
> "This material is copyright 2000 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Permission
> to copy, modify and distribute this document is granted solely through
> the use of the Open Gaming License, Version 1.0.
>
> This document provides an interface to the basic rules and materials
> needed to create content compatible with the best-selling tabletop RPG
> system in the world. "
But right above this, it says:
WARNING! THIS DOCUMENT IS STILL IN DRAFT FORM, AND HAS NOT YET BEEN
FORMALLY RELEASED AS OPEN GAME CONTENT.
WHEN THIS DOCUMENT IS FORMALLY RELEASED, ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL APPEAR ON
THE OPEN GAMING FOUNDATION WEB SITE
AND ON THE WIZARDS OF THE COAST HOME PAGE. UNTIL THEN, PERMISSION TO
REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT GRANTED.
[http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/d20srd/SRDOverview.html (top)]
I think the copyright notice is meant to be an example of how it will
look when it is finalized.
> On the other hand, it says "THIS MATERIAL HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED USING
> THE OPEN GAMING LICENSE"
>
> At any rate, if it's not open, then what about the various d20
> products that are already out? Are they all illegal? Has any publisher
> of a d20 product received a warning?
The piece you're missing is that Ryan had given permission on behalf of
WotC for people to use the SRD material before the D20STL is finalized
(actually people had permission to do it before the OGL was finalized
;).
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