On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Martin Cutbill wrote: > I can create a totally non-derivative ruleset (i.e totally not D20, I > dunno, something that involves tossing coins), release it under the > standard OGL, have lots of people take it up & use it, then later > improve on it and, because I derived material from Open Content THAT I > ORIGINALLY AUTHORED AND OPENED, I am not obliged to declare the > derived content as Open Content also? > Is that it? Have I got it now?
That's correct. Wizards _owns_ the material in the SRD. They've licensed it to us, but that doesn't dimish their rights in any way (except they can no longer grant an exclusive license to anyone else, which is irrelevant). We are bound by the terms of the OGL, because that's the only way we have any rights to the material. WIzards has complete rights to the material. They can create derivative material all day long and never allow anyone else to reuse it. This applies to other publishers as well. Wizards could not use, for example, Relics & Rituals without adhering to the terms of the OGL or else getting separate permission because they don't own the R&R IP. -Damian _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
