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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 2827563" data-attributes="member: 10479">You haven't really been in the loop.&nbsp; Tons more happens off-board, since just about the very start of the first CD, when I contacted him to give some suggestions on how to make it OGL compliant.&nbsp; The IP of CD adventures belongs to Trainz to do with as he pleases and he allowed me to publish the polished format of each.&nbsp; Whether it exists as a (unregistered) trademark or simply as his copyright is something you might want to ask him.&nbsp; The copyright of the polished/published documents/adventures, as a whole, belong to myself as CMG, and the legalese of that (beyond the OGL and OGC material) breaks down fairly simply as -And, yes, we have an agreement that I would publish his Cooperative Dungeon projects (and work on them with him) for just as long as it suits the both of us for that to happen.&nbsp; It was my suggestion that the individual contributions remain the copyright of the contributors and only be CMG's to publish by permission, through the coordinator (Trainz).&nbsp; He agreed this seemed the most fair way to deal with each contributor, and until now it's never seemed to be a problem.&nbsp; He's a great guy and I certainly wouldn't dream of doing one without him, unless he gave the okay to do so because he wished to step down.As to where you've come up with your own idea of how this all has worked, I do not know, but it might be a good idea to check the legal section of the published work or ask first before assuming next time.&nbsp; Each CD has a legal section that makes it as clear as can be and as fair as we thought we could make it.&nbsp; It's only been made as formal as it needs to be to protect those involved in the projects, including the individual contributors.(Understand, for obvious reasons, I will not be debating any of the legal aspects of this on message boards with you, or anyone, but you, or anyone, can contact me with any legal concerns and they will be handled appropriately by myself or legal counsel if necessary.)As to your approach in this thread, well, you've already gotten my feedback on that score.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 2827563, member: 10479"] You haven't really been in the loop. Tons more happens off-board, since just about the very start of the first CD, when I contacted him to give some suggestions on how to make it OGL compliant. The IP of CD adventures belongs to Trainz to do with as he pleases and he allowed me to publish the polished format of each. Whether it exists as a (unregistered) trademark or simply as his copyright is something you might want to ask him. The copyright of the polished/published documents/adventures, as a whole, belong to myself as CMG, and the legalese of that (beyond the OGL and OGC material) breaks down fairly simply as - And, yes, we have an agreement that I would publish his Cooperative Dungeon projects (and work on them with him) for just as long as it suits the both of us for that to happen. It was my suggestion that the individual contributions remain the copyright of the contributors and only be CMG's to publish by permission, through the coordinator (Trainz). He agreed this seemed the most fair way to deal with each contributor, and until now it's never seemed to be a problem. He's a great guy and I certainly wouldn't dream of doing one without him, unless he gave the okay to do so because he wished to step down. As to where you've come up with your own idea of how this all has worked, I do not know, but it might be a good idea to check the legal section of the published work or ask first before assuming next time. Each CD has a legal section that makes it as clear as can be and as fair as we thought we could make it. It's only been made as formal as it needs to be to protect those involved in the projects, including the individual contributors. (Understand, for obvious reasons, I will not be debating any of the legal aspects of this on message boards with you, or anyone, but you, or anyone, can contact me with any legal concerns and they will be handled appropriately by myself or legal counsel if necessary.) As to your approach in this thread, well, you've already gotten my feedback on that score. [/QUOTE]

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