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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8911884" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>I am looking at this <<a href="https://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/SRD-OGL_V1.1.pdf" target="_blank">https://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/SRD-OGL_V1.1.pdf</a>> and this <<a href="https://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/DND/SRD-OGL_V5.1.pdf" target="_blank">https://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/DND/SRD-OGL_V5.1.pdf</a>>.</p><p></p><p>Both open with the phrase you cite:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Permission to copy, modify and distribute the files collectively known as the System Reference Document 5.0 (“SRD5”) is granted solely through the use of the Open Gaming License, Version 1.0a.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Permission to copy, modify and distribute the files collectively known as the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD5”) is granted solely through the use of the Open Gaming License, Version 1.0a.</p><p></p><p>The OGC - which sets out the conditions for copying, modifying and distributing - permits copying, modifying and distributing Open Gaming Content. Both the files I've linked to have statements of what is OGC in them - "All of the rest of the SRD5 is Open Game Content as described in Section 1(d) of the License."</p><p></p><p>So I don't think you can redistribute the exact file relying on the WotC licensing you under the OGL. The file contains material which is not OGC and hence is not licensed under the terms of the OGL. (There may be other permissions - express or implicitly granted by WotC, or under copyright law itself - which apply. I don't have a view on that.)</p><p></p><p>The only permission that I can see is granted "solely through the use of" the OGL, which as you say does not extend to the whole of the file.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8911884, member: 42582"] I am looking at this <[URL]https://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/SRD-OGL_V1.1.pdf[/URL]> and this <[URL]https://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/DND/SRD-OGL_V5.1.pdf[/URL]>. Both open with the phrase you cite: [indent]Permission to copy, modify and distribute the files collectively known as the System Reference Document 5.0 (“SRD5”) is granted solely through the use of the Open Gaming License, Version 1.0a. Permission to copy, modify and distribute the files collectively known as the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD5”) is granted solely through the use of the Open Gaming License, Version 1.0a.[/indent] The OGC - which sets out the conditions for copying, modifying and distributing - permits copying, modifying and distributing Open Gaming Content. Both the files I've linked to have statements of what is OGC in them - "All of the rest of the SRD5 is Open Game Content as described in Section 1(d) of the License." So I don't think you can redistribute the exact file relying on the WotC licensing you under the OGL. The file contains material which is not OGC and hence is not licensed under the terms of the OGL. (There may be other permissions - express or implicitly granted by WotC, or under copyright law itself - which apply. I don't have a view on that.) The only permission that I can see is granted "solely through the use of" the OGL, which as you say does not extend to the whole of the file. [/QUOTE]
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