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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveStebbins" data-source="post: 1872373" data-attributes="member: 1427">Rules and fluff are a matter of taste, but the OGL is a legal license and how well you use or abuse it could have legal and binding ramifications on others. If you wrongly declare something as OGC and someone else later uses your material, both parties can be held liable for breaches of the license. The comments people make may sound petty and hostile to someone who is dabbling in the OGL for fun, but for many of the people making the comments, you are dealing with a part of their livelihood. If enough people screw up the OGL (well-intentioned or not) it becomes muddier and less meaningful over time, it becomes more difficult for anyone to reuse OGC, and it also becomes less likely that Wizards will release anything else as OGC. At this point we also need to consider whether Wizards will open future editions of the game like the current one. I'm sorry that no one gave you feedback on the creative side of your project, but I can understand why people would point out errors in the legal side.Again, this isn't just for fun, the OGL is a binding, legal, license (with ramifications for misuse) which you enter into when you use it. The earlier suggestions are made, the easier it is to make corrections before material which could muddy the license for everyone becomes widespread. It may sound like people worrying about a worst-case scenario (it is), but if that worst-case scenario could affect MY income, I'd definitely be making suggestions to help people comply with the license when I see errors.-Dave</blockquote>

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