OGC and websites

[Dave Blewer]

Where do I stand if I want to post some material that has designated OGC by its pulisher on my campaign website?

Is this a definate breach?

If I can post such material on the site what hoops do I need to jump through first?

I am very wary of treading on the toes of all those companies that have given me so much enjoyment over the years.

 

[Nellisir]

My understanding is, it's just like any other product containing OGC. The OGC must be clearly defined, PI must be identified, you need a copy of the OGL & a correctly updated Section 15 with the copyright designations of any OGC you distribute. If you want to add the d20 logo in, you have to follow those rules too (calling the Player's Handbook the Player's Handbook, etc, etc).

I like Andy Collin's site for OGC labelling, though his Section 15 is not, I believe, correct (he doesn't have the SRD or his own website listed).

http://www.andycollins.net/

The sticky area is is merging non-OGC material, like WotC's splatbooks, with OGC material. There's no approved way to do it. You can reference WotC materials on fan site pages, but not combined with OGC.

I've been playing with it on my site, using different colored boxes to label pages as OGC pages or fan site pages. Email me if you'd like the address; I'm not quite ready to go wildly public at this point. It might give you a few ideas, or make you throw your hands up in disgust.

Cheers
Nell.

nellisir@attbi.com

 

[jaerdaph]

If you're looking for a fan site example of OGL use, feel free to check out what I did on the Legal page of my Web site:

Chilling Tales Horror Roleplaying

I've been quite anal about following all the rules for the OGL and d20 logo usage. I'm fairly confident I've crossed all my "t"s and dotted all my "i's, but I'm not a lawyer, so I don't warrant its compliance if others wish to cut and paste and modify to suit their needs or OGC usage.