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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7685727" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>I know the SRD is different from the OGL, but you need the OGL to use SRD material, to my understanding. And since my example is neither specifically called out as open content, nor is it in the SRD, means that you can't just "reproduce in it's entirety" like he claimed just because I've used the OGL for that product.</p><p></p><p>Step back for a second and look at what's being argued here. if the OGL means everything is open content, then I could literally take his book and resell it, possibly at a discount to undercut his sales. I am pretty confident that the OGL was not meant for that, nor grants you the right to do such a thing. The OGL does not overwrite existing copyright law except where explicitly called out, and only then in reference to specifically established material.</p><p></p><p>I don't need to call out "no proper nouns and no text after Ecology" because that's already granted by existing copyright law, along with additional material. That's what Section 5 and 8 of the OGL are for. Unless I explicitly state that that monster is OGL (section 8), it falls under normal copyright protection. Naturally this means anything I'm borrowing from the SRD (or other explicit OGC) has to be listed in section 8. But my own creations or anything else I've IP rights to are protected unless I explicitly include them as per Section 8 as well.</p><p></p><p>*edit* In fact, I wouldn't even be using the OGL at all, except the Superdungeon uses proper nouns of certain things in the SRD. Even for the monsters, the stat blocks and abilities are completely different than what they are in the SRD. It's just the names that are the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7685727, member: 15700"] I know the SRD is different from the OGL, but you need the OGL to use SRD material, to my understanding. And since my example is neither specifically called out as open content, nor is it in the SRD, means that you can't just "reproduce in it's entirety" like he claimed just because I've used the OGL for that product. Step back for a second and look at what's being argued here. if the OGL means everything is open content, then I could literally take his book and resell it, possibly at a discount to undercut his sales. I am pretty confident that the OGL was not meant for that, nor grants you the right to do such a thing. The OGL does not overwrite existing copyright law except where explicitly called out, and only then in reference to specifically established material. I don't need to call out "no proper nouns and no text after Ecology" because that's already granted by existing copyright law, along with additional material. That's what Section 5 and 8 of the OGL are for. Unless I explicitly state that that monster is OGL (section 8), it falls under normal copyright protection. Naturally this means anything I'm borrowing from the SRD (or other explicit OGC) has to be listed in section 8. But my own creations or anything else I've IP rights to are protected unless I explicitly include them as per Section 8 as well. *edit* In fact, I wouldn't even be using the OGL at all, except the Superdungeon uses proper nouns of certain things in the SRD. Even for the monsters, the stat blocks and abilities are completely different than what they are in the SRD. It's just the names that are the same. [/QUOTE]
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