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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BOZ" data-source="post: 1893046" data-attributes="member: 1241">just noticed this:well... this is something i've been thinking about too.  even though Scott has given permission to just about use the CC entries verbatim, WotC policy will probably not allow that.  i'd say the CC is pretty commonly used, and WotC needs to protect its own legal rights by not using the conversions on a copywritten website such as the CC.  thus, at the very least, to use monsters that i myself have written nearly all the flavor text on, i will have to rewrite it from scratch to get it published.however, yours is a different case.  since it has only been posted on a messageboard, what is the legal concern?  it is nowhere near as accessible to the general public, and the text here is not copywritten at all.  but, like most companies, WotC would probably want to err on the side of discretion.  here's my advice to you, and to anyone else who has posted something on the forums that they want to submit to a magazine.  either:1. if your article is accepted, then rewrite the flavor text, and send in the article.  don't change anything anywhere else, and all parties are protected.2. do not mention that this has been posted before, and hope that WotC does not notice your posting.  if your article is accepted, then send in the text as your originally wrote it, and delete all previous postings of it that you can find.</blockquote>