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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rpgHQ" data-source="post: 1271325" data-attributes="member: 12219">I think you got that abit backwards. The SRD is a work published under the OGL. The SRD is derived from various works by WotC and released under the OGL, not the other way around. The SRD has lots of copyright material in, stuff that could be classified as PI if the publisher so choses. WotC released the SRD in its entirety as Open Game Content. I could for example take the Epic Level Handbook, and using its game mechanics publish my own work with my own epic classes and so forth and not use any of the epic level information from the SRD. The sticking point is that all my descriptions of epic rules would have to be worded so as not to tread on WotC's copyright on their descriptive text, the literary part of the book.That being said most publishers go by whats in the SRD not in the PHB, DMG or MM or other related products as its already all designated as OGC and the is no worry about 'stepping on toes', there is no need to make sure their descriptive text for a feat or spell that appears in the SRD will violate copyright. But one could release something not related at all to D&D or the SRD using the OGL and declare parts of it as OGC or PI under the terms of that license. Actually one could release a game under the OGL and actually have MORE legal protection than they would without using the OGL. As the OGL allows one to declare things normally not covered by copyright when it comes to games as PI and thus closed content under the OGL.And to joe: no, its not baggage pointing someone to the OGF site or their OGL mailing list, its the way you did it that was improper and even my response post to your impropriety, that was the 'baggage' he was talking about.</blockquote>

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