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<blockquote data-quote="see" data-source="post: 3981890" data-attributes="member: 10531">The question is, when dealing with material released under an &quot;OGL 2.0&quot;, does the &quot;OGL 2.0&quot; or the OGL 1.0a control the definition of &quot;Open Game Content&quot; when it comes to evaluating the rights under Section 9 of the OGL 1.0a?&nbsp; I don't see that there's an especially clear and obvious answer.&nbsp; The logical license to evaluate the status of material released under an &quot;OGL 2.0&quot; is the definition in a &quot;OGL 2.0&quot;; the logical license to evaluate the meaning of the term for section 9 of the OGL 1.0a is under the OGL 1.0a.&nbsp; Unfortunately, they would disagree . . . WotC, taking ordinary care, could make sure the 4e SRD was legally a derivative work of 4e, and that 4e was a derivative work of 3.5 but not derived from the RSRD.&nbsp; In that case, all 4e SRD elements would clearly be only governed by the &quot;OGL 2.0&quot;.&nbsp; But material derived both from the 4e SRD and from OGL 1.0a Open Game Content?&nbsp; Headache city.&nbsp; How much an hour does a good copyright/licensing attorney cost?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="see, post: 3981890, member: 10531"] The question is, when dealing with material released under an "OGL 2.0", does the "OGL 2.0" or the OGL 1.0a control the definition of "Open Game Content" when it comes to evaluating the rights under Section 9 of the OGL 1.0a? I don't see that there's an especially clear and obvious answer. The logical license to evaluate the status of material released under an "OGL 2.0" is the definition in a "OGL 2.0"; the logical license to evaluate the meaning of the term for section 9 of the OGL 1.0a is under the OGL 1.0a. Unfortunately, they would disagree . . . WotC, taking ordinary care, could make sure the 4e SRD was legally a derivative work of 4e, and that 4e was a derivative work of 3.5 but [i]not[/i] derived from the RSRD. In that case, all 4e SRD elements would clearly be only governed by the "OGL 2.0". But material derived both from the 4e SRD and from OGL 1.0a Open Game Content? Headache city. How much an hour does a good copyright/licensing attorney cost? [/QUOTE]

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