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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7685724" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Isn't this an example of "broken OGC"? There is a section in the OGL license that must be included in all OGL products that delineates open content in an OGL work. Now, it is possible, entirely possible in fact, to claim that none of the text below the stat block is OGC. That's been done multiple times - the Creature Catalogues from S&S press did exactly this when released, which meant that while the book was OGL, it could not be used by anyone else. It's also been pretty common for publishers to state a variety of levels of what is included as OGC or not. I presume, Sacrosanct, that your OGL work's section would say something like, "No proper nouns and no text after "Ecology" is OGC" or something to that effect, since the stat block and the combat abilities aren't copyrightable anyway.</p><p></p><p>But, in any case, every single publication under the OGL must include a section stating what parts of the book are OGC. So, it's a given that he has included that in the license that he has to put in the book in order to use the OGL. Presumably his section (and I've forgotten the section number) states something like, "All material in this book is OGC". Probably with a bit more verbiage to no infringe on non-OGC stuff like page references to the Monster Manual or the like.</p><p></p><p>No OGL material is part of the SRD. Only the SRD is part of the SRD. The SRD is not the OGL. However, publishing under the OGL allows you to reference the SRD but must include that paragraph detailing what in the book is OGC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7685724, member: 22779"] Isn't this an example of "broken OGC"? There is a section in the OGL license that must be included in all OGL products that delineates open content in an OGL work. Now, it is possible, entirely possible in fact, to claim that none of the text below the stat block is OGC. That's been done multiple times - the Creature Catalogues from S&S press did exactly this when released, which meant that while the book was OGL, it could not be used by anyone else. It's also been pretty common for publishers to state a variety of levels of what is included as OGC or not. I presume, Sacrosanct, that your OGL work's section would say something like, "No proper nouns and no text after "Ecology" is OGC" or something to that effect, since the stat block and the combat abilities aren't copyrightable anyway. But, in any case, every single publication under the OGL must include a section stating what parts of the book are OGC. So, it's a given that he has included that in the license that he has to put in the book in order to use the OGL. Presumably his section (and I've forgotten the section number) states something like, "All material in this book is OGC". Probably with a bit more verbiage to no infringe on non-OGC stuff like page references to the Monster Manual or the like. No OGL material is part of the SRD. Only the SRD is part of the SRD. The SRD is not the OGL. However, publishing under the OGL allows you to reference the SRD but must include that paragraph detailing what in the book is OGC. [/QUOTE]
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