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<blockquote data-quote="ukgpublishing" data-source="post: 2772395" data-attributes="member: 18247"><p>Well this is a nice long thread, and not having enough time to read through the entirety to see if this has been brought up, I figure hell I'll post it anyway <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>Now I am not a lawyer, I wish I was, more money. But reading both the Open Gaming License and the GNU Free Documentation License, I seriously believe that an OGL wiki would be illegal under both licenses.</p><p></p><p>Why?</p><p></p><p>Well lets read the OGL (or at least the pertinent section)</p><p></p><p>2. The License: This License applies to any Open Game Content that contains a notice indicating that the Open Game Content may only be Used under and in terms of this License. You must affix such a notice to any Open Game Content that you Use. <span style="color: Red"><em><strong>No terms may be added to or subtracted from this License except as described by the License itself. No other terms or conditions may be applied to any Open Game Content distributed using this License.</strong></em></span></p><p></p><p>However, reading the GNU license we see:</p><p></p><p>2. VERBATIM COPYING</p><p></p><p>You may copy and distribute the Document in any medium, either commercially or noncommercially, provided that this License, the copyright notices, and the <span style="color: Red"><em><strong>license notice saying this License applies to the Document are reproduced in all copies</strong></em></span>, and that you <span style="color: Red"><em><strong>add no other conditions whatsoever to those of this License</strong></em></span>.</p><p></p><p>So clearly we see that the GNU license is adding terms to the OGL, and the OGL is adding terms to the GNU license. Activities which BOTH licenses prohibit.</p><p></p><p>Now as I say I am not a lawyer, but on that basis alone I would certainly consult one before i even dipped my toes in the act of creating such a wiki.</p><p></p><p>Thats all the excitement I can contain for one evening after reading legalise documents.</p><p></p><p>TTFN</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ukgpublishing, post: 2772395, member: 18247"] Well this is a nice long thread, and not having enough time to read through the entirety to see if this has been brought up, I figure hell I'll post it anyway :D Now I am not a lawyer, I wish I was, more money. But reading both the Open Gaming License and the GNU Free Documentation License, I seriously believe that an OGL wiki would be illegal under both licenses. Why? Well lets read the OGL (or at least the pertinent section) 2. The License: This License applies to any Open Game Content that contains a notice indicating that the Open Game Content may only be Used under and in terms of this License. You must affix such a notice to any Open Game Content that you Use. [COLOR=Red][I][B]No terms may be added to or subtracted from this License except as described by the License itself. No other terms or conditions may be applied to any Open Game Content distributed using this License.[/B][/I][/COLOR] However, reading the GNU license we see: 2. VERBATIM COPYING You may copy and distribute the Document in any medium, either commercially or noncommercially, provided that this License, the copyright notices, and the [COLOR=Red][I][B]license notice saying this License applies to the Document are reproduced in all copies[/B][/I][/COLOR], and that you [COLOR=Red][I][B]add no other conditions whatsoever to those of this License[/B][/I][/COLOR]. So clearly we see that the GNU license is adding terms to the OGL, and the OGL is adding terms to the GNU license. Activities which BOTH licenses prohibit. Now as I say I am not a lawyer, but on that basis alone I would certainly consult one before i even dipped my toes in the act of creating such a wiki. Thats all the excitement I can contain for one evening after reading legalise documents. TTFN [/QUOTE]
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