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<blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 1504603" data-attributes="member: 2013">You're looking at the wrong parts of the Open Game License there, chief. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; That only tells you WHAT is OGC, not how you can use it, and you omitted one very important clause.The stuff italicized above is, in essence, the &quot;minimum&quot; for OGC - i.e., anything that meets the above criterion MUST be open game content.&nbsp; The stuff bolded above is the &quot;optional part&quot; - i.e., what can go beyond the minimum.Since WotC's designation of OGC in UA was &quot;all text that is not PI&quot; and their PI clause was specific to a few monsters plus proper names, all text that is not in one of the above classes is Open Game Content by virtue of the &quot;any additional content clearly identified as Open Game Content by the Contributor.&quot;Now that we have identified WHAT is OGC, let us look at HOW it can be used.These are the clauses that tell you what you can DO with the &quot;WHAT&quot; that is Open Game Content, not the clause that defines what OGC is.&nbsp; Note that one of the acceptable ways of using Open Game Content is &quot;copying.&quot;Thus, taking out vast swaths of text from Unearthed Arcana and copying it is QUITE legal, provided you do not copy any Product Identity (which, because WotC's designation is pretty clear about, you should be able to easily avoid).Thus, the Open Game License explicitly allows you to copy and publicly display any material that has been contributed as Open Game Content.&nbsp; No &quot;enhancement&quot; of any kind is required.IANAL etc.--The Sigil</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Sigil, post: 1504603, member: 2013"] You're looking at the wrong parts of the Open Game License there, chief. ;) That only tells you WHAT is OGC, not how you can use it, and you omitted one very important clause. The stuff italicized above is, in essence, the "minimum" for OGC - i.e., anything that meets the above criterion MUST be open game content. The stuff bolded above is the "optional part" - i.e., what can go beyond the minimum. Since WotC's designation of OGC in UA was "all text that is not PI" and their PI clause was specific to a few monsters plus proper names, all text that is not in one of the above classes is Open Game Content by virtue of the "any additional content clearly identified as Open Game Content by the Contributor." Now that we have identified WHAT is OGC, let us look at HOW it can be used. These are the clauses that tell you what you can DO with the "WHAT" that is Open Game Content, not the clause that defines what OGC is. Note that one of the acceptable ways of using Open Game Content is "copying." Thus, taking out vast swaths of text from Unearthed Arcana and copying it is QUITE legal, provided you do not copy any Product Identity (which, because WotC's designation is pretty clear about, you should be able to easily avoid). Thus, the Open Game License explicitly allows you to copy and publicly display any material that has been contributed as Open Game Content. No "enhancement" of any kind is required. IANAL etc. --The Sigil [/QUOTE]

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