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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 2802199" data-attributes="member: 957">Not true.&nbsp; They simply release completely outside the SRD.&nbsp; Two different things.Right.Not at all certain that is required.&nbsp; How's that?&nbsp; If you produce within the OGL then WotC could &quot;call foul&quot;, but that would be the limit of their ability.&nbsp; They could not back it up with any action.Oh, I agree with you there.&nbsp; That was not the point.&nbsp; The point was that WotC has not carved off a piece of gaming concept and forever excluded it from the OGL.Well, you set up an absurd circumstance.&nbsp; If critical concepts such as feats had not been established as open under the OGL / SRD then the entire concept of the current open gaming movement would be moot.&nbsp; But, again, that is completely beside the point.&nbsp; The SRD-derivable aspects of touchstones are not and may not be &quot;locked&quot; by WotC.&nbsp; The name and flavor / setting portions most certainly are protected, but that is no different than any other IP.&nbsp; It is just that rather than being OGC, it exists outside the OGL.&nbsp; A Power Locations product would not need to refer to any WotC product other than the SRD in Section 15.&nbsp; None of that means anyone would buy it or not.Oh, and IANAL.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 2802199, member: 957"] Not true. They simply release completely outside the SRD. Two different things. Right. Not at all certain that is required. How's that? If you produce within the OGL then WotC could "call foul", but that would be the limit of their ability. They could not back it up with any action. Oh, I agree with you there. That was not the point. The point was that WotC has not carved off a piece of gaming concept and forever excluded it from the OGL. Well, you set up an absurd circumstance. If critical concepts such as feats had not been established as open under the OGL / SRD then the entire concept of the current open gaming movement would be moot. But, again, that is completely beside the point. The SRD-derivable aspects of touchstones are not and may not be "locked" by WotC. The name and flavor / setting portions most certainly are protected, but that is no different than any other IP. It is just that rather than being OGC, it exists outside the OGL. A Power Locations product would not need to refer to any WotC product other than the SRD in Section 15. None of that means anyone would buy it or not. Oh, and IANAL. [/QUOTE]

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