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<blockquote data-quote="arscott" data-source="post: 2797191" data-attributes="member: 17969">By creating the OGL and the SRD, wizards essentially eliminated their ability to make completely exclusive agreements.The foreign companies have the exclusive right to translations of D&amp;D (ie. exclusive right to use the brand name and the non-open content, plus the non-exclusive right to use the open content).&nbsp; Most importantly, the actual translated text they produce is closed content unless they decide to make it otherwise.&nbsp; That means you can't copy their translation, or even intentionally use the same words for game terms thay they do.&nbsp; If there lawyers come sniffing around, you should be able to prove that you got the entire translation from the spanish english dictionary, rather than El Manual de los Jugadores or La Guia del Maestro de la Mazmorra.Also, remember that just because something is legal under the OGL doesn't mean that the company with the licensce won't try to sue you anyway.&nbsp; In a previous thread about the same subject, Somebody said that the German Licensee killed a translation of the Creature Collection via lawsuits, IIRC.Chances are though, that the official translators won't do anything at all.&nbsp; And even if they do, they'll probably start by asking you to take your translated SRD off the net, rather than doing anything that would potentially get you in trouble.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arscott, post: 2797191, member: 17969"] By creating the OGL and the SRD, wizards essentially eliminated their ability to make completely exclusive agreements. The foreign companies have the exclusive right to translations of D&D (ie. exclusive right to use the brand name and the non-open content, plus the non-exclusive right to use the open content). Most importantly, the actual translated text they produce is closed content unless they decide to make it otherwise. That means you can't copy their translation, or even intentionally use the same words for game terms thay they do. If there lawyers come sniffing around, you should be able to prove that you got the entire translation from the spanish english dictionary, rather than El Manual de los Jugadores or La Guia del Maestro de la Mazmorra. Also, remember that just because something is legal under the OGL doesn't mean that the company with the licensce won't try to sue you anyway. In a previous thread about the same subject, Somebody said that the German Licensee killed a translation of the Creature Collection via lawsuits, IIRC. Chances are though, that the official translators won't do anything at all. And even if they do, they'll probably start by asking you to take your translated SRD off the net, rather than doing anything that would potentially get you in trouble. [/QUOTE]

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