RE: [Open_Gaming] Non-D20 Reference Documents

[Brad Thompson]

> Infinite Possibilities
>
> > It may be open but it is still _OURS_,
> > don't take that away from us.
>
> I deleted most of this thread, but this one caught my eye.
>
> Technically you are correct. Any open material you make is still
> yours. However,
> the Open concept is an interesting one. It gives freedoms to
> others by taking
> away freedoms from the author. Yes you still hold the copyright
> to your open
> material, but it doesn't really matter because their is no way to
> restrict its
> use. As the author you have given up your right to do that in exchange for
> giving everyone else the right to do with it as they see fit. You, as the
> author, have no control over it.
>
> So in effect, no one is taking anything away from you, you are
> giving it away by
> making it open.

This is true, but there is one important difference between 'giving it away'
and retaining a copyright.  The copyright holder can still use that material
in non-ogl works, while everyone else must stick to the ogl if they want to
use that material.

-Brad

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