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<blockquote data-quote="Fractalwave" data-source="post: 404258" data-attributes="member: 6399"><p>One thing the others forgot to mention is that if the program is solely for your use, you don't have to worry about these things. If you distribute it to others in any way, shape or form whether it's free or not then you do have to worry about them.</p><p></p><p>WotC takes what some would consider to be a very hard line in defining what is allowed to be included in code and what is not regardless of license under which you choose to distribute. Designing a program without talking to them is just lining you up for a likely rewrite/redesign later.</p><p></p><p>Talk to a lawyer. Research the licenses. Then talk to WotC. And I suggest doing that before you set the code down in stone.</p><p></p><p>One no-no that seems to be written in stone is there shouldn't be any rules embedded in code anywhere. That tends to change the scope of the project dramatically.</p><p></p><p>I would assume that you wish to use OGC in the program. That use would necessitate either complying with the OGL or negotiating legal agreements (licenses) with all the copyright owners of material you wish to include.</p><p></p><p>Being D20 compliant raises a lot more issues as it is more restrictive than the OGL. Whether you use the D20 license then becomes a question of whether you need to be able to do the things that license says you can't do.</p><p></p><p>So the bad news is...to do this you need to become a pseudo-lawyer. The good news is that it is most certainly possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fractalwave, post: 404258, member: 6399"] One thing the others forgot to mention is that if the program is solely for your use, you don't have to worry about these things. If you distribute it to others in any way, shape or form whether it's free or not then you do have to worry about them. WotC takes what some would consider to be a very hard line in defining what is allowed to be included in code and what is not regardless of license under which you choose to distribute. Designing a program without talking to them is just lining you up for a likely rewrite/redesign later. Talk to a lawyer. Research the licenses. Then talk to WotC. And I suggest doing that before you set the code down in stone. One no-no that seems to be written in stone is there shouldn't be any rules embedded in code anywhere. That tends to change the scope of the project dramatically. I would assume that you wish to use OGC in the program. That use would necessitate either complying with the OGL or negotiating legal agreements (licenses) with all the copyright owners of material you wish to include. Being D20 compliant raises a lot more issues as it is more restrictive than the OGL. Whether you use the D20 license then becomes a question of whether you need to be able to do the things that license says you can't do. So the bad news is...to do this you need to become a pseudo-lawyer. The good news is that it is most certainly possible. [/QUOTE]
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