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<blockquote data-quote="Wasgo" data-source="post: 1515165" data-attributes="member: 18170"><p>However, it is not a license considering there is already an existing license in effect that is not bound by any new license. Unless I explictly gave up my right to use OGC, the yes/no comment is merely politeness on my part. It is above and beyond the actual license and has no bearing on contract law.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What you're saying here is simply not true. As someone who followed the Dark Sun and Planescape licenses, WotC drafted a really strict contract that said essentially "We can take away your rights at any time," and as Barsoomcore mentioned, they can do the same for the graphics. The OGL grants non-exclusive, absolute rights to do with the material as you please to a large extent. It is a very different type of contract than those granted on a per-use basis. Simply put, this one has legal backing, and those don't. So, if I ask WotC permission to reprint a feat from the Complete Warrior, I'd be granted limited use. It could be retracted at will, and a verbal contract wouldn't hold water. Whereas if I reprinted material from Unearthed Arcana, I would legally be in the right. The OGL is a quick method of allowing use of your copyright, without dealing with it on a case-by-case basis.</p><p></p><p>Moreover, once again, I'm not saying that one would want to contact a publisher every single time they use OGC (I would, but that's beside the point.) I'm saying, when you strip the PI, and re-release one of their works, you're essentially creating a competing product and potentially hurting their business. Asking for permission allows them to say either "No, it will hurt our sales," or "Yes, go ahead, we don't mind." It has nothing to do with the OGL, and everything to do with supporting the companies that produce the material I love.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wasgo, post: 1515165, member: 18170"] However, it is not a license considering there is already an existing license in effect that is not bound by any new license. Unless I explictly gave up my right to use OGC, the yes/no comment is merely politeness on my part. It is above and beyond the actual license and has no bearing on contract law. What you're saying here is simply not true. As someone who followed the Dark Sun and Planescape licenses, WotC drafted a really strict contract that said essentially "We can take away your rights at any time," and as Barsoomcore mentioned, they can do the same for the graphics. The OGL grants non-exclusive, absolute rights to do with the material as you please to a large extent. It is a very different type of contract than those granted on a per-use basis. Simply put, this one has legal backing, and those don't. So, if I ask WotC permission to reprint a feat from the Complete Warrior, I'd be granted limited use. It could be retracted at will, and a verbal contract wouldn't hold water. Whereas if I reprinted material from Unearthed Arcana, I would legally be in the right. The OGL is a quick method of allowing use of your copyright, without dealing with it on a case-by-case basis. Moreover, once again, I'm not saying that one would want to contact a publisher every single time they use OGC (I would, but that's beside the point.) I'm saying, when you strip the PI, and re-release one of their works, you're essentially creating a competing product and potentially hurting their business. Asking for permission allows them to say either "No, it will hurt our sales," or "Yes, go ahead, we don't mind." It has nothing to do with the OGL, and everything to do with supporting the companies that produce the material I love. [/QUOTE]
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