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<blockquote data-quote="2WS-Steve" data-source="post: 195407" data-attributes="member: 3289">I think trancej is pointing out that if you're a publisher or fan working on a product that you want to release under the OGL, and you'd like to use some OGC from a particular source that didn't properly fill out section 15, then you're in something of a bind.You have to use the sec. 15 from a product almost exactly as printed but if there's nothing there then how do you attribute your source material? If you fill the information in yourself then, technically, you've violated the OGL and are liable. In either case it feels like you might run into legal problems; and if you've got money riding it you'll probably figure that it's most safe to simply not use that content at all.And, for the conspiracy minded, that'd make leaving out the section 15 update a pretty clever way of getting the benefits of the OGL without releasing any open gaming content yourself.I don't think anyone on that list had the conspiracy in mind; DiF was all OGC after all so it seems pretty clear what Green Ronin's intentions have been. Still, the section 15 update is missing on an awful lot of products, some of which have been major releases by major publishers. It would be nice if they put up a 1 page or so pdf on their website with an updated OGL so that fans or thrid party publishers knew how to attribute.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="2WS-Steve, post: 195407, member: 3289"] I think trancej is pointing out that if you're a publisher or fan working on a product that you want to release under the OGL, and you'd like to use some OGC from a particular source that didn't properly fill out section 15, then you're in something of a bind. You have to use the sec. 15 from a product almost exactly as printed but if there's nothing there then how do you attribute your source material? If you fill the information in yourself then, technically, you've violated the OGL and are liable. In either case it feels like you might run into legal problems; and if you've got money riding it you'll probably figure that it's most safe to simply not use that content at all. And, for the conspiracy minded, that'd make leaving out the section 15 update a pretty clever way of getting the benefits of the OGL without releasing any open gaming content yourself. I don't think anyone on that list had the conspiracy in mind; DiF was all OGC after all so it seems pretty clear what Green Ronin's intentions have been. Still, the section 15 update is missing on an awful lot of products, some of which have been major releases by major publishers. It would be nice if they put up a 1 page or so pdf on their website with an updated OGL so that fans or thrid party publishers knew how to attribute. [/QUOTE]

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