From: "Justin Bacon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Do they have to have OGL content that I am actually using?
Yes, because that's the only contractual link between you and them. The
license isn't a license "in general", that is, everyone doesn't share one
agreement between all the parties. The license is a chain, populating
itself forward with each re-use. The fact that those licenses all have the
exact same text means that there's no need to keep track of the threads; the
COPYRIGHT NOTICE section handles the tracking of ancestry.
> What if I
> produce something which uses product identity belonging to someone who has
not
> yet produced OGC, but does so after I have published (but continue to
sell) my
> product?
If they released that material as OGC, they can't "go back" and turn it into
PI. Once it's OGC, it's OGC forever.
> So you're telling me that I can use product identity, so long as the use
of the
> product identity is unconnected to the OGC? I can't get that reading out
of the
> OGL. What constitutes a "connection"?
To be clear, you are in breach. The question becomes, "can anyone sue".
The ability of someone to sue is linked to their ability to show that your
breach of the agreement actually caused them damage.
Ryan
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