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Message: <blockquote data-quote="prosfilaes" data-source="post: 6382059" data-attributes="member: 40166">The problem is, since we were comparing them to Paizo, is the UE text has "(Elements that have previously been designated as Open Game Content or  are in the public domain are not included in this declaration.)" I'm not entirely happy with either text, but they seem to be largely equivalent in their problems.The problem is, you either label the entire thing (or just chapters) OGC (possibly moving OGC out of line for this to work), or you intrusively highlight text. Neither option was worth it for most publishers.No and no. OGC is basically a mix of copyright and trademark protection, and neither protect concepts or formats. Here's a communication hint: if you think that someone is saying absurd, you're probably not understanding them correctly. Certainly "all text" is easy to understand; I simply don't get the impression that many companies did that. It depends on what you count; I suspect the majority of D20 volumes (by product count, not page count or sales count) were adventures, and they don't know if any of them said "all text". For example, Goodman Games DCC #21 saysThat's relatively simple, but pretty much what the Paizo and Malhavoc declarations said.That's how you do it if you want to release everything OGC. Anything less is going to be more complex. I've got Necromancer Games, Mongoose, Goodman Games, Swords & Sorcery, and Bards and Sages and the only one that's really clarity is the Bards and Sages one, except that they stuffed it in the OGL by the cite, instead of any place proper.In any case, you may not like the Malhavoc declaration, but it is largely equivalent to the Paizo one.</blockquote>

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