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Message: <blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1825953" data-attributes="member: 10201">As an ethical/personal stance, i understand that fully. But, legally, i don't think there's anything you can do. That is, i'm fairly certain that a factual, non-marketing use of your name is not yours to prevent. If i plaster "Contains Rules by Phil Reed" in 3"-high letters on the cover of my book, when all i've got in there is 5pp of your OGC (in a 128p book), then i'm clearly misrepresenting. But if i have, in 6pt-type, a section on the credits page that says "X, Y, and Z were originally written by Phil Reed, and appear in his product A", i don't think there's anything wrong, legally or ethically, with that. But it would still bug you, if i hadn't asked permission first? Would it bug you if i reproduced the OGC, without sourcing it, without asking permission? Say, the entirety of your "masterwork weapons" PDF, as part of a big book o' cool new treasure?  I'm just a bit confused, because it never would've occurred to me that anyone would prefer *not* to receive credit for work they've done--sure, you don't want your name smeared, or your product misrepresented (say, heavily-modified items, which're therefore crappy, but your originals were good, and the reuser doesn't clarify that they've been changed from teh originals), or your name used for promotion--but simple credit would get your hackles up? I'm not trying to back you into a corner, btw, just suss out your position (especially since i've been considering reusing some of your OGC in one of my projects, which might end up free, or might end up on RPGNow).</blockquote>

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