On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Tavis Allison wrote:
> Work for hire contracts are the ordinary solution to a publisher's needs in
> gaming, but it seems to me that a contract based on an author being paid to
> develop OGC, which anyone can then reuse under the OGL, does a better job of
> meeting the desires
I had my attorney write up a contract that first and foremost gives Better
World Roleplaying, Inc all the rights to the work of the writer or artist.
Next, it states that all work will be open content when it is published, and
that every contributor will get as much acknowledgement as everyone el
Tavis,
My sense would be that if you are a writer
working on content for a game to be released under the OGL, you would want to
have a separate agreement with the publisher that outlines how your content can
be licensed under the OGL. However, it also depends on what contract you
have
I'm wondering if anyone has developed a contract that explicitly deals
with the issue of the author's work being released under the OGL by the
publisher.
When I write for Behemoth3, I want the kinds of rights I enjoy if I'm
writing fiction under a SFWA model contract. If most or all of what I
writ
