Explain, then, how the PHB doesn't have a license in it with so much as a
nod to the SRD since it clearly contains information from the SRD. Simple
answer: because WotC owns the original content and they drafted the license.
Unless they are including third party material, not a single d20 book they
print has to include an OGL or d20 STL, just as they can ignore the d20 STL
all they want, create another set of SRD-derived rules and slap the d20
trademarks all over it (as incorrect as it may be.) Again, none of the rest
of us can do that.
Saying that owning the material doesn't get WotC some great degree of
special treatment with regards to the OGL and d20 STL is a laughable point
to try and make.
Regards,
Steven Trustrum
President For Life (or until the money runs out)
Misfit Studios
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert A.
Knop Jr.
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 7:21 PM
To: ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] Interesting comments about Creative Commons license
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 11:28:56AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> That's my point. The PHB contains information in the SRD but it gets
> around having to use the OGL because WotC is the owner of both the license
> and original materials. No company other than WotC could publish the work
> that is the PHB.
Nothing special to WOTC about that.
No company other than <publisher of X> could publish the work that is <X> is
always true (unless <X> is fully open content), even if some of <X> is under
the OGL, regardless of who <publisher of X> is.
-Rob
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--Prof. Robert Knop
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
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