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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 7691639" data-attributes="member: 907">They're not, primarily because of their mutually exclusive viral natures.For example, let's take Brijidine Azata (a Chaotic Good celestial) from Pathfinder. It is released under the OGL, so I can use it in an adventure, and include all the stats, as long as the product it is published in is also released under the OGL. But the OGL doesn't let me use it and then place the condition that others can only use your product within the confines of the DMGuild, which is what the DMGuild requires you to do.In theory, I think you could create two different, completely original, works and release one under the OGL and one via DMGuild. As I understand it (but I'm not a lawyer), DMGuild's exclusivity only applies to an actual publication, not to the contents of that publication. So you could create &quot;Three wizard schools - OGL edition&quot; and &quot;Three wizard schools - DM's Guild edition&quot; that are fundamentally similar, as long as each adheres to its own platform's limitations. But you couldn't do &quot;Wrath of the Brijidine for 5e&quot; and release it via the DM's Guild, because the Brijidine's copyright belongs to Paizo, and they're only letting you use it with the OGL.Of course, copyright when it comes to RPGs is a nebulous thing, because while you can't copyright rules, you can copyright their expression, and you can copyright world elements like characters as long as they're distinctive enough. Exactly where the line is drawn is probably something that should be discussed with a lawyer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 7691639, member: 907"] They're not, primarily because of their mutually exclusive viral natures. For example, let's take Brijidine Azata (a Chaotic Good celestial) from Pathfinder. It is released under the OGL, so I can use it in an adventure, and include all the stats, as long as the product it is published in is also released under the OGL. But the OGL doesn't let me use it and then place the condition that others can only use your product within the confines of the DMGuild, which is what the DMGuild requires you to do. In theory, I think you could create two different, completely original, works and release one under the OGL and one via DMGuild. As I understand it (but I'm not a lawyer), DMGuild's exclusivity only applies to an actual publication, not to the contents of that publication. So you could create "Three wizard schools - OGL edition" and "Three wizard schools - DM's Guild edition" that are fundamentally similar, as long as each adheres to its own platform's limitations. But you couldn't do "Wrath of the Brijidine for 5e" and release it via the DM's Guild, because the Brijidine's copyright belongs to Paizo, and they're only letting you use it with the OGL. Of course, copyright when it comes to RPGs is a nebulous thing, because while you can't copyright [B]rules[/B], you can copyright their expression, and you can copyright world elements like characters as long as they're distinctive enough. Exactly where the line is drawn is probably something that should be discussed with a lawyer. [/QUOTE]

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