<<Don't forget that WotC is allowed to give people permission to do things that they are not allowed to do by the OGL (or the d20stl). >>
Of course, but that doesn't mean that they aren't bound by the terms of the OGL if they use it in a work. They can't change the rules.
They can grant rights in some circumstances because they can license trademarks, text, etc. outside the scope of the OGL, just like you and I can.
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WotC could easily allow Dragon to publish both OGC and reviews containing words that are prohibited by the OGL in separate articles. >>
Sure they can. However, a WotC rep and I talked about other magazines carrying reviews of WotC products and yet the magazine as a whole was covered by the old version of the d20 STL. The WotC rep himself admitted that this was a technical violation of the old STL, but didn't seem to feel that his company would pursue such violations unless they were forced to.
<<As far as I know Dragon wouldn't
be legally bound to inform the world that they had been granted extra privileges *if* WotC gave them some.
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re: reviews, I was referring primarily to 'zines owned by people other than WotC. Unless I blundered and implied otherwise.
I mentioned Dragon in the context of a work which contained sub-works, only some of which were covered by the OGL.
Lee
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