Steve Donohue wrote:
Ryan Dancey says you have to copy Section 15 of anything you reuse exactly,To be safe? Yes. One of them might have a special agreement with the product's publisher.
with the only exception being that you can trim duplicate entries. I
understand this to mean if products A and B both cite the SRD and I use
both, I only have to cite the SRD once.
Does this mean the two products would have to cite it in the same way or I'd
have to have two lines, one for the citation in each book?
You could probably just pick up the original product and cite it correctly. IANAL, but AFAIK The only folks who could theoretically sue you for doing so are the person who got the entry wrong and--well, just them, and you could get the product who was done wrong
Of course, you could also contact the orignal person and ask them.
If I have to copy exactly, doesn't that mean that all Clark's efforts to aidNo. Clark (the party whom you're licensing the Tome of Horrors content from) included a seperate offer and instruction for changing what you put in Section 15. AFAIK He's the only one who could sue you, and if he does just show the judge the instructions in Tome of Horrors.
my reuse of Tome of Horrors are wasted? For those who haven't seen it, Tome
explains how to format the entry for anything you copy by inserting the
monster name and a few other details depending on what exactly you've
copied. Based on the "exactly" rule, it would appear that I have to copy
the explanation rather than actually using it.
Is that correct?
This is perfectly legal and fine, as anyone can always give MORE permission than the OGL requires, and you can even put special conditions on it ("You can use my PI but only if you don't change what it means" "You can use that spiffy intro to my city but you have to put this add in you book for free"), but as long as you don't restrict what the OGL allows, you're in the clear.
DM
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