> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charles Gray > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ogf-l] OGL and non-disclosure agreements. > > > Is it against the contract to have playtesters abide by a Non disclosure > agreement during playtesting? That puts an extra restriction on the > OGL, but on the other hand I know that most companies have some form of > non-disclosure agreement for their playtesters-- or is this a > gray area ?
Obligatory notice: I am not a lawyer. And ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THIS is based on legal research, just on what makes sense to me. It seems to me that this depends on the nature of your playtesting. If it's "in house" -- i.e., you and your people run it or oversee it -- then I don't think you have really released or published or distributed YET. So the OGL isn't relevant. I as a GM don't need to abide by the OGL when I create and run a module, even if I create handouts for my players and the like. But if you have outside playtesters to whom you send materials, that looks a lot more like distribution. I think you've definitely struck a gray area. Martin L. Shoemaker Martin L. Shoemaker Consulting, Software Design and UML Training [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.MartinLShoemaker.com http://www.UMLBootCamp.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
