Re: [Ogf-l] Opening Closed Games

to be what matters here. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman

Re: [Ogf-l] Any work covered by the license

are OGC, but his name is PI). TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org

Re: [Ogf-l] Any work covered by the license

based upon the SRD or other OGC works is automatically open, and is required to be declared as such) within the covered work. Under your interpretation, it would seem that the magazine would require a separate copy of the OGL for each of the articles. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System

Re: [Ogf-l] Any work covered by the license

). If anything, your interpretation is more restrictive to a person using the license. The way I see it, the interpretation that I have would be much more beneficial to the licensee, and would be the one that a court would rule for. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises

Re: [Ogf-l] Any work covered by the license

which included such would be in violation of the OGL Note: Yes, I know that the specific implementation/description/representation of a Norse god would belong to the person who wrote/published it, but the name itself could not be OGC nor PI as it rests in the public domain. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim

Re: [Ogf-l] Any work covered by the license

such a definition, then this discussion would not be taking place. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org http

Re: [Ogf-l] Any work covered by the license

) is OGC is incorrect. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman

Re: [Ogf-l] Any work covered by the license

if the whole work is considered to be OGC just by putting it with the license? This topic was a sidebar that came out of the thread, on rpg.net, about the OGC wiki that Mike Mearls proposed, and that others have since began working on. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises

Re: [Ogf-l] PI declarations

terms were derived, list terms here This way you are officially declaring the source of your terms, which also indicates that you are NOT using anybody else's PI. I would also suggest including a bibliography of the books you used, but the OGL does not allow for that. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim

Re: [Ogf-l] PI declarations

On 12 Aug 2005 at 13:47, Spike Y Jones wrote: I don't recall bibliographies being specifically banned by the OGL. But other people's trademarks and such are, and that can very definitely include book titles, and company names. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown

Re: [Ogf-l] PI declarations

. Think of it as a CYA measure. :) TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org

Re: [OGF-L] Who can declare Product Identity (Third PartyBeneficiaries?)

as evidence for their case, especially if they espouse a wider definition of WORK than you do. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l

Re: [OGF-L] Who can declare Product Identity (Third PartyBeneficiaries?)

as affected by law.' U.C.C. Section 1-201. For the full article go here -- http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031214210634851 TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [OGF-L] Who can declare Product Identity (Third Party Beneficiaries?)

things off-limits. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman

Re: [OGF-L] Who can declare Product Identity (Third Party Beneficiaries?)

to be used under copyright law. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org

Re: [OGF-L] Do you have to declare Product Identity

Document (based on those products), and released the SRD as 100% OGC. There is a difference. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l

Re: [OGF-L] Who can declare Product Identity (Third Party Beneficiaries?)

for this. Not quite correct. You can override Fair Use rights IF you accept a contract or license where you give up those rights in exchange for something else. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [OGF-L] Who can declare Product Identity (Third Party Beneficiaries?)

, they cannot do anything to him. The one exception mentioned above is WotC, who owns the license and can therefore yank it from anybody for any valid reason. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [OGF-L] Who can declare ProductIdentity (ThirdPartyBeneficiaries?)

, plain and simple. Anything not marked as Open Content or as PI, falls back to be covered by standard copyright and trademark laws. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [OGF-L] The Mysterious Third Type of Content

paragraphs, I could then declare that the name Mitzi (from the spell Mitzi's Meatball of Death) as PI. While the entire spell (which is part of those 10 paragraphs) is OGC, that one single word, which I declared as PI is not. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises

Re: [OGF-L] The Mysterious Third Type of Content

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Re: [OGF-L] Who can declare ProductIdentity (ThirdPartyBeneficiaries?)

does not cover my 16 page pdf whether I want it to or not. It only covers what material that I declare as open content, and the material declared as PI (that is within the open content) and nothing more. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http

Re: [OGF-L] PI status for works NOT in your section 15

not list that in your section 15, then you are in violation of the OGL itself. Remember, the Section 15 is meant to show where your non-original OGC came from. And the SRD is where everything originally came from, at least for the core mechanics. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron

Re: [OGF-L] PI status for works NOT in your section 15

! with the OGL and wanted to use something declared by another company as PI (using the OGL for the d20 system), but my gut instinct says no, because both use the OGL, and thus both would be bound by it, no matter that you are using different system ref docs. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System

Re: [OGF-L] Who can declare Product Identity (Third Party Beneficiaries?)

. Doing so, or attempting to do so would be a breach of the license itself. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l

Re: [Ogf-l] d20 bubble burst and other repercussions

posted online that the purchase of MGM by Sony has not affected his licenses. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l

RE: [Ogf-l] d20 bubble burst and other repercussions

, and that it will most likely release its own Stargate game in 2006. --- Pure speculation on my part, nothing more TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l

Re: [Ogf-l] Creative Commons alternate copyright system

On 16 Oct 2004 Mike scribbled a note about [Ogf-l] Creative Commons alternate copyright syst: I thought that the following article might be of interest to those on this list. It sounds very similar to the system founded under the OGL. I wonder then how they plan to overcome many of the

[Ogf-l] d20 as Product identity

Just saw that the legal document has been updated so that it now says d20 (when used as a trademark) instead of just d20 TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Ogf-l] SRD released (apparantly)

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RE: [Ogf-l] Closing OGC

are the original creator of the content. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Ogf-l] d20 as Product Identity...

he said something to the effect of Yeah, it is unclear, let me find out what is actually meant :) TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list

RE: [Ogf-l] understanding the D20 licensing

On 21 Jul 2003 William scribbled a note about RE: [Ogf-l] understanding the D20 licensing: Tell them it works like Linux... So does that make Hasbro the equivalent of SCO? :) TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL

Re: [Ogf-l] SRD released (apparantly)

apparently only have to use the 3.0 SRD as their base, rather than the 3.5 SRD. At least, that is what I see happening here. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises - http://www.ironcrown.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Ogf-l] Employee mistake scenario

, on their corporate website. Therefore, since they have the authority to release any of their IP, TM, etc, it is a legal release, and the term is now OGC. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf

Re: [Ogf-l] Dungeon Master in OGC

be in effect. Would you want to do business with a company that would do whatever they pleased, no matter that it violates licenses and contracts and so forth? I know that I wouldn't. TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Ogf-l] SRD question

, but now they are missing. I can reach any portion of the SRD except for any page containing monsters (including psionic monsters) TANSTAAFL Rasyr (Tim Dugger) System Editor Iron Crown Enterprises E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Ogf-l mailing list