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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8868679" data-attributes="member: 42582">I think the termination thing is a red herring. That's referring to termination for breach, and the basic idea is that if (say) I breach in my Pemerton SRD, and hence lose the licence, that doesn't affect [USER=58197]@Dausuul[/USER]'s rights to use OGC in his Tome of Internet Arguments that cites the Pemerton SRD in its section 15. The idea is to insulate people downstream from breaks in the chain.With that aside:What you've identified is the difference between how the contract is formed and what the contract licenses. Suppose that you publish a PF-compatible book, relying on the OGL to create a contractual relationship between you an Paizo. Well, you have probably now also entered into a contract with WotC, albeit indirectly (see a few posts not too far upthread). And you have definitely obtained rights as licensee against WotC as licensor - because in WotC's agreement with Paizo they conferred on Paizo (via the OGL) the capacity to further license the OGL to new parties, like you.So you have a licence from both WotC and from Paizo. I believe you'd be obliged to cite both in your section 15 declaration, in order to comply with your own contractual obligations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8868679, member: 42582"] I think the termination thing is a red herring. That's referring to termination for breach, and the basic idea is that if (say) I breach in my Pemerton SRD, and hence lose the licence, that doesn't affect [USER=58197]@Dausuul[/USER]'s rights to use OGC in his Tome of Internet Arguments that cites the Pemerton SRD in its section 15. The idea is to insulate people downstream from breaks in the chain. With that aside: What you've identified is the difference between [i]how the contract is formed[/i] and [i]what the contract licenses[/i]. Suppose that you publish a PF-compatible book, relying on the OGL to create a contractual relationship between you an Paizo. Well, you have probably now also entered into a contract with WotC, albeit indirectly (see a few posts not too far upthread). And you have [i]definitely[/i] obtained rights as licensee against WotC as licensor - because in WotC's agreement with Paizo they conferred on Paizo (via the OGL) the capacity to further license the OGL to new parties, like you. So you have a licence from both WotC and from Paizo. I believe you'd be obliged to cite both in your section 15 declaration, in order to comply with your own contractual obligations. [/QUOTE]

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