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<blockquote data-quote="bushfire" data-source="post: 308900" data-attributes="member: 347"><p>A license doesn't have to cost any money. The D20 and OGL licenses are free for instance. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>A license is just a contract that says party "x" can use property "y" that belongs to party "w" in this and that manner or for this and that purpose. Now a license *can* cost a lot of money, I am sure that Wotc didn't get the license for Star Wars for free, but it can be nothing more than a signed agreement between two parties.</p><p></p><p>So for instance Wotc could grant PCGen the license to include Forgotten Realms material into PCGen for the purposes of character generation only. The developers could not then create FR modules or novels with that license. Now whether Wotc is willing or not to do this is up to them.</p><p></p><p>The sticky point would be those properties that Wotc does not own, Star Wars, CoC, WoT, etc. These are products are produced by Wotc under license from the original holders (Lucas Films, Choasium, etc). Wotc most likely does not have the rights to grant anyone else the use of these things (sub-license) even if they wanted to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bushfire, post: 308900, member: 347"] A license doesn't have to cost any money. The D20 and OGL licenses are free for instance. :) A license is just a contract that says party "x" can use property "y" that belongs to party "w" in this and that manner or for this and that purpose. Now a license *can* cost a lot of money, I am sure that Wotc didn't get the license for Star Wars for free, but it can be nothing more than a signed agreement between two parties. So for instance Wotc could grant PCGen the license to include Forgotten Realms material into PCGen for the purposes of character generation only. The developers could not then create FR modules or novels with that license. Now whether Wotc is willing or not to do this is up to them. The sticky point would be those properties that Wotc does not own, Star Wars, CoC, WoT, etc. These are products are produced by Wotc under license from the original holders (Lucas Films, Choasium, etc). Wotc most likely does not have the rights to grant anyone else the use of these things (sub-license) even if they wanted to. [/QUOTE]
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