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<blockquote data-quote="Kristian Serrano" data-source="post: 4322994" data-attributes="member: 13046"><p>In regards to WotC opening some of its own closed content, I'd like to make a point more clearly.</p><p></p><p>As part of an open gaming effort, I'd love nothing more than to take some or all of the 3.5 materials and combine them into a single resource for the open gaming community to use and expand upon. Now that WotC has moved onto 4e, it's up to the community to continue support for the 3.5 supplements they've purchased in recent years. However, it's unfortunately illegal for anyone outside of the copyright owner (WotC) to publish such material.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, there seems to be a bit of a loophole in that we constantly see such creations on WotCs forums, but even there posting copyrighted material from the books for reference is against the CoC despite that posting new options that references such copyrighted work doesn't seem to be an issue.</p><p></p><p>Barring that unique case, unless that content is open, no one can legally compile, correct, or expand upon those materials or distribute them in a legal manner.</p><p></p><p>For example, I created a new dragon mantle to add to the material presented in Complete Psionic, but I can't reference the ardent or divine mind. Additionally, I'm working on a new campaign setting that references dragon-themed material from WotC's books directly (i.e. - Draconomicon, Races of the Dragon, Dragon Magic, Player's Handbook II, and Monster Manual IV), but I can't share it with the community. I even want to mash all of these materials together with Gem Dragons and the Legend of Sardior articles from WotC's web archive, but I can't share it with anyone. Heck, even RavinRay's gem dragon conversions can't be made publicly available because gem dragons aren't OGC.</p><p></p><p>These are cases where community members want to take the game, learn design, and share their work with others to better the game they know and love, but legally cannot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kristian Serrano, post: 4322994, member: 13046"] In regards to WotC opening some of its own closed content, I'd like to make a point more clearly. As part of an open gaming effort, I'd love nothing more than to take some or all of the 3.5 materials and combine them into a single resource for the open gaming community to use and expand upon. Now that WotC has moved onto 4e, it's up to the community to continue support for the 3.5 supplements they've purchased in recent years. However, it's unfortunately illegal for anyone outside of the copyright owner (WotC) to publish such material. Having said that, there seems to be a bit of a loophole in that we constantly see such creations on WotCs forums, but even there posting copyrighted material from the books for reference is against the CoC despite that posting new options that references such copyrighted work doesn't seem to be an issue. Barring that unique case, unless that content is open, no one can legally compile, correct, or expand upon those materials or distribute them in a legal manner. For example, I created a new dragon mantle to add to the material presented in Complete Psionic, but I can't reference the ardent or divine mind. Additionally, I'm working on a new campaign setting that references dragon-themed material from WotC's books directly (i.e. - Draconomicon, Races of the Dragon, Dragon Magic, Player's Handbook II, and Monster Manual IV), but I can't share it with the community. I even want to mash all of these materials together with Gem Dragons and the Legend of Sardior articles from WotC's web archive, but I can't share it with anyone. Heck, even RavinRay's gem dragon conversions can't be made publicly available because gem dragons aren't OGC. These are cases where community members want to take the game, learn design, and share their work with others to better the game they know and love, but legally cannot. [/QUOTE]
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