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<blockquote data-quote="Goblinoid Games" data-source="post: 3696670" data-attributes="member: 47388">Yep, I think you have a decent grasp of the situation (IMO, as far as i understand what you're trying to do). I think if your point is to make material usable by others, you would be better off making all the legalities straight forward. No one will want to use the material if they have to sort through an interwoven mess of what is or is not OGC, and under which license some material is subject, which it isn't, and which is some combination of licenses.I think you would make your life easier by using the OGL. You should be able to protect the rights of your contributors. First decide what rights you want to preserve. It's really a simple matter, if your goal is to create a body of work available to others, then all material should be designated open game content, or you can create a separate product identity license. You'd still have to handle each person's copyright separately, or have them assign it to you when it is submitted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Goblinoid Games, post: 3696670, member: 47388"] Yep, I think you have a decent grasp of the situation (IMO, as far as i understand what you're trying to do). I think if your point is to make material usable by others, you would be better off making all the legalities straight forward. No one will want to use the material if they have to sort through an interwoven mess of what is or is not OGC, and under which license some material is subject, which it isn't, and which is some combination of licenses. I think you would make your life easier by using the OGL. You should be able to protect the rights of your contributors. First decide what rights you want to preserve. It's really a simple matter, if your goal is to create a body of work available to others, then all material should be designated open game content, or you can create a separate product identity license. You'd still have to handle each person's copyright separately, or have them assign it to you when it is submitted. [/QUOTE]

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