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<blockquote data-quote="HellHound" data-source="post: 2355464" data-attributes="member: 3397"><p>I'm going to be the odd man out here and say, flat out, DO NOT consult a lawyer. Lawyers are an incredibly expensive way to get a very non-commital answer that will not actually help you in the long run. Instead, DO rely on the existing expertise of other d20 & OGL publishers that is available to you via these boards and the OGL & d20 mailing lists. We are happy to help, and full of useful knowledge. And some of the publishers are lawyers too!</p><p></p><p>The answer is that you can only use material that is released under the OGL in your OGL licensed product. The SRD is released under the OGL, as is the majority of Unearthed Arcana, and most third-party d20 products (such as the Quintessential Samurai from Mongoose, for example). However, a vast majority of these products also have clear and delineated designations of IP. Anythign designated as IP cannot be used in your OGL publication without specific permission from the publisher in question.</p><p></p><p>Fo example, we are releasing a product shortly that uses material that is painfully obviously not released under the OGL (feat names and spell names from several of WotC's "Complete" series - specifically Complete Warrior & Complete Divine). So we had to go get permission to use this material from Wizards, and the make sure to use a clear designation that this material is NOT open game content.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HellHound, post: 2355464, member: 3397"] I'm going to be the odd man out here and say, flat out, DO NOT consult a lawyer. Lawyers are an incredibly expensive way to get a very non-commital answer that will not actually help you in the long run. Instead, DO rely on the existing expertise of other d20 & OGL publishers that is available to you via these boards and the OGL & d20 mailing lists. We are happy to help, and full of useful knowledge. And some of the publishers are lawyers too! The answer is that you can only use material that is released under the OGL in your OGL licensed product. The SRD is released under the OGL, as is the majority of Unearthed Arcana, and most third-party d20 products (such as the Quintessential Samurai from Mongoose, for example). However, a vast majority of these products also have clear and delineated designations of IP. Anythign designated as IP cannot be used in your OGL publication without specific permission from the publisher in question. Fo example, we are releasing a product shortly that uses material that is painfully obviously not released under the OGL (feat names and spell names from several of WotC's "Complete" series - specifically Complete Warrior & Complete Divine). So we had to go get permission to use this material from Wizards, and the make sure to use a clear designation that this material is NOT open game content. [/QUOTE]
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