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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Moon-Lancer" data-source="post: 3293133" data-attributes="member: 35798">I read it, but it dosent help me format a book, does it? I can dzn a book just fine, but really i need good examples of the ogl in use, so i can make a book and not have the ogl change my formating and page layout too much. so I was wondering if anyone has good examples. I will check out unearthed arcana. I am a visual learner. I assimilate, its how I learn. so any othe examples?i did find this in my search kindof odd it was on wikiOther criticism is based around the part of the d20 System Trademark License which defines "Open Game Content" to include game mechanics and purports to license it. It is widely believed that game mechanics are uncopyrightable in the USA, and according to a circular on the US Copyright Office's website [3], "Once a game has been made public, nothing in the copyright law prevents others from developing another game based on similar principles." 3 is this <a href="http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl108.html" target="_blank">http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl108.html</a>Copyright protects only the particular manner of an author’s expression in literary, artistic, or musical form. Copyright protection does not extend to any idea, system, method, device, or trademark material involved in the development, merchandising, or playing of a game. Once a game has been made public, nothing in the copyright law prevents others from developing another game based on similar principles.so that i think gives me a little more fresh air. still i think complying with ogl is the best thing to do, but part of it seems kindof.... un protected by the law. I do realize though my situation is still a gray one.</blockquote>

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