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<blockquote data-quote="kenjib" data-source="post: 1515057" data-attributes="member: 530">As I understand it, a &quot;simple request with a yes/no answer&quot; is a verbal contract that is recognized by law, at least in the US.&nbsp; Such a verbal contract in this situation, as you described it, would be licensing the material for use.&nbsp; Thus it's a license and, granted the difficulty of proving it (which is not relevant), can be used in court.This semantic nitpick aside, and more to my point, asking permission of someone to use their material is something you could do for non-OGL material, and the copyright holder of non-OGL material could just as easily grant you permission to use it.&nbsp; In the exchange you suggest the OGL has been completely bypassed because the act of asking permission has created a completely new mechanism of granting rights to use the material via a verbal contract.&nbsp; What is the point of the OGL again?Barsoomcore's permitted use of Modern SRD graphics in this very thread is a precise example of such a case where WotC allowed someone to use non-OGL content without any clear monetary benefit nor legal documents exchanged.&nbsp; This happens frequently with fan sites and fan material.&nbsp; Didn't Dragonlance, Dark Sun, and Planescape run like this for a long time too (some of them possibly still doing so)?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenjib, post: 1515057, member: 530"] As I understand it, a "simple request with a yes/no answer" is a verbal contract that is recognized by law, at least in the US. Such a verbal contract in this situation, as you described it, would be licensing the material for use. Thus it's a license and, granted the difficulty of proving it (which is not relevant), can be used in court. This semantic nitpick aside, and more to my point, asking permission of someone to use their material is something you could do for non-OGL material, and the copyright holder of non-OGL material could just as easily grant you permission to use it. In the exchange you suggest the OGL has been completely bypassed because the act of asking permission has created a completely new mechanism of granting rights to use the material via a verbal contract. What is the point of the OGL again? Barsoomcore's permitted use of Modern SRD graphics in this very thread is a precise example of such a case where WotC allowed someone to use non-OGL content without any clear monetary benefit nor legal documents exchanged. This happens frequently with fan sites and fan material. Didn't Dragonlance, Dark Sun, and Planescape run like this for a long time too (some of them possibly still doing so)? [/QUOTE]

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