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By prohibiting ORC licensing on Pathfinder/Starfinder Infinite, Paizo is now a step closer to WotC's walled garden approach with dmsguild
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<blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 9297113" data-attributes="member: 15538"><p>Wrong. You cannot withhold rules mechanics from being licensed under the ORC. You can use an explicit declaration to include something that would normally be reserved material, or that maybe is in a bit of a fuzzy zone.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Giving nothing back" is a strange way of describing releasing a new set of core books that are pretty much entirely open content. </p><p></p><p>I am not privy to internal Paizo discussions, but there are substantial hurdles to simply allowing ORC licensed material in their CC program. The OGL and the ORC do not, and can not, mix. Some people have made products that include both (which I highly do NOT recommend) and the declarations are tortuous; it's not even 100% clear whether that works, legally. </p><p></p><p>A general note about Community Content programs; they are amazing, but it is important, so important, to understand you are piggy-backing off someone else's IP. Your product has no independent existence. A lot of CC programs have what I consider very onerous conditions, such that if the program ended, neither you nor the main publisher would be able to use the content without a separate agreement. Think of a CC program more like a franchise than an independent business. Make the decisions that are right for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pawsplay, post: 9297113, member: 15538"] Wrong. You cannot withhold rules mechanics from being licensed under the ORC. You can use an explicit declaration to include something that would normally be reserved material, or that maybe is in a bit of a fuzzy zone. "Giving nothing back" is a strange way of describing releasing a new set of core books that are pretty much entirely open content. I am not privy to internal Paizo discussions, but there are substantial hurdles to simply allowing ORC licensed material in their CC program. The OGL and the ORC do not, and can not, mix. Some people have made products that include both (which I highly do NOT recommend) and the declarations are tortuous; it's not even 100% clear whether that works, legally. A general note about Community Content programs; they are amazing, but it is important, so important, to understand you are piggy-backing off someone else's IP. Your product has no independent existence. A lot of CC programs have what I consider very onerous conditions, such that if the program ended, neither you nor the main publisher would be able to use the content without a separate agreement. Think of a CC program more like a franchise than an independent business. Make the decisions that are right for you. [/QUOTE]
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