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>Either PI is a subset of copyright and trademark and "ownership" (a prerequisite for PI) is established under those bodies of law OR it must be true that PI goes beyond those bodies of law, and in going beyond those bodies of law, it must contain items which can be "owned" as PI, but not as a copyright or trademark. The license is a contract which describes how we may use WoTC's copyrighted works and how others may use ours. I said they're separate animals because concepts of OGC and PI have no meaning outside of the license. Anything not declared OGC or PI is covered under standard copyright, and the whole of the work is protected by standard copyright law as well. Copyright law does not protect some things that WoTC wanted protected, so a clause was created which defines how things not covered under copyright law will be handled *under this license*. If you want to use the license, you agree not to do these things, and you agree that you will not use these other things in your creation. In return for that agreement, these things over here are yours to use. It isn't a new area of copyright, or a new category of IP. It's a contract under existing IP law that has some language in it to address specific concerns of the agreeing parties. _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
