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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roudi" data-source="post: 1822611" data-attributes="member: 12423">My understanding of the OGL is this - Open Gaming Content is fair game for anyone to compile, republish, use, abuse, etc.  Permission OUGHT to be sought for using someone else's material, but that's a matter of good and gentlemanly (or gentlewomanly) business practices.  Mind you, don't try and republish anyone's non-OGC material as OGC, or publish someone's OGC material as your own protected & copyrighted material.  Once something is declared OGC, it stays that way.As it stands, you should really evaluate if you need to use someone else's OGC without asking permission first.  There's no good reason for just taking it, and you ought to remain professional when doing business in the RPG industry.  Even if you don't ask for permission, you still have to include your own OGL with your product, and it's Section 15 has to reference the source of the OGC material you've used.  Finally, I'd recommend against simply reprinting what someone else has written - readers notice that kind of stuff right away, and I've heard a lot of RPG buyers complain about buying a product where good chunks of the material were just ripped from somewhere else.  So, consider these, and determine seriously if you really need this person's OGC material or not.</blockquote>