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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scurvy_Platypus" data-source="post: 5528941" data-attributes="member: 43283">A slightly odd question...The move from the 3.0 to the 3.5 SRD resulted in not just changes to the rules, but other changes too, such as descriptions disappearing.For example:In looking at the copyright section (section 15) we have:Now, I _believe_ that as long as I include _both_ of those in my section 15, I can pull from the 3.0 SRD as well as the 3.5 SRD.Right?On the one hand it seems pretty straight forward but sometimes things get a bit funky. I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't simply be able to rely on only citing the 3.5 copyright, since even though the date and the names of the 3.0 are incorporated into the 3.5 version, it's pretty obvious and clear that the 3.5 version is a different publication/set of documents.A follow-on question relates to the "Legal Information" section of both versions. I haven't done a one-for-one comparison of the wording used in the actual part where it lays out the terms of the OGL, but the legal sections above it definitely are different.For example:The 3.5 version also winds up explicitly calling out a bunch of P.I. like Beholders and Displacer Beasts.So.... aside from the issue of section 15 citation, does it matter if I use the older 3.0 "srdlegal" file, or the 3.5 "Legal" file? There's definitely some differences between them, and it's noted explicitly that the text of the license itself isn't Open Game Content, so I'm thinking it doesn't mean I can just grab the "missing" or different bits from the 3.0 one and bring it over to the 3.5 one.But due to the way that the OGL is set up, it _does_ seem like I could use either version, as long as I adhere to the other provisions of the license itself, like making proper citations in section 15.It might seem like I'm over-thinking things, but it's part of my day job to think of things like this. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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