[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> With all these conditions, you've just disallowed "Dungeon Magazine."
Not at all. We've just allowed it--"Dungeon" is a periodical (right
format, right listing, right sales channel) and has definite "articles."
Note that these hoops are worth jumping through *only* if there is
sufficient demand or need to amend the OGL to allow it... and unless
WotC wants to do so for DRAGON, there isn't.
>> "Articles" which appear in "Periodicals" may reprint OGC so long as no
>> other "articles" in that "periodical" which is not itself covered by the OGL
>> refers to that OGC.
>>
>>
> That wouldn't stop that scheme I outlined.
Which part? The part where you have an editorial saying that article x
is compatible with D&D (which violates the "Advertising" bit of the OGL)
or the part where you have a D&D review to generate sales--which is
exactly legal and ethical in any case.
>> Since you must agree to the terms of the OGL to reprint an article, this
>> would be binding on any publisher who wished to mix OGC with non-OGC, and
>> would supercede Fair Use. It would have zero impact on articles that were
>> truly unrelated.
>>
> This would end up being so complicated no one would be able to follow it...so
> they would ignore it...
It's no more complicated than the OGL by itself, really.
>> That takes most (but not all) of the fun out of your twists.
>
>
> Not really...if you make it so complex that it requires a rules lawyer *and*
> a real lawyer to figure it out, no one will do D20/OGL stuff in a
> magazine...and then where would you get publicity?
Web sites, the d20 logo in ads and books by WotC, word of mouth, etc.
Or, someone's review of d20 products? Hmm....
DM
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