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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matt Thomason" data-source="post: 8900217" data-attributes="member: 6777331">This is where it gets really complicated with questions of how much of their work can be proven derivative of the SRD, and while reusing their spell might be just fine, the fact it uses the same pattern of data fields in the same order as the SRD may potentially be copyrightable by WotC.If I create a entire game based on the SRD and release my own SRD of that completely in my own words, is that in violation of WotC copyrights if not covered by the OGL?  Even that is not 100% clear, if my game is "similar enough" to the design of D&D - even though the individual rules themselves are not protected, there is an arguable possibility (personally, I believe a small one, but not to be totally ruled out) that a Judge will rule I've copied something like "the complex and unique design pattern of D&D" in some way.</blockquote>