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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9319965" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>How would such an error be made? What IP, specifically, is in those old SRDs that's not already Open Game Content? Because other than the legal declaration that certain terms <em>aren't</em> usable, there doesn't seem to be any.</p><p></p><p>How? Specifically, how would it need to be modified for CC release, as opposed to the way it was released under the OGL, legal declaration notwithstanding?</p><p></p><p>Really? The one that's nothing but references to various powers and abilities and such without actually saying what they do?</p><p></p><p>Only if you don't count d20 Modern as an edition.</p><p></p><p>Below, I've attached a zip file containing all of the 3.5 SRD documents. Notice how each and every single one of them has the same line at the top: "This material is Open Game Content, and is licensed for public use under the terms of the Open Game License v1.0a." (The sole exception being the "Legal" document, which reiterates the OGL itself, outlines several Product Identity terms that I'm pretty sure don't even appear elsewhere in the SRD, and flat-out says that everything else is Open Game Content.)</p><p></p><p>Reviewing something that's been out in the public, just to make sure it doesn't somehow have any IP that's somehow been overlooked by <em>everyone</em> for over <em>twenty years</em>, should take a single staffer an afternoon at most (the OGL doesn't have take-backs either). Quite frankly, the only thing that makes sense is that either they're backing off on releasing this under the CC completely and don't want to publicly say so, or (like [USER=40359]@kenmarable[/USER] speculated), unnecessary hoops have been added for no reason except someone wants to save face.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 9319965, member: 8461"] How would such an error be made? What IP, specifically, is in those old SRDs that's not already Open Game Content? Because other than the legal declaration that certain terms [I]aren't[/I] usable, there doesn't seem to be any. How? Specifically, how would it need to be modified for CC release, as opposed to the way it was released under the OGL, legal declaration notwithstanding? Really? The one that's nothing but references to various powers and abilities and such without actually saying what they do? Only if you don't count d20 Modern as an edition. Below, I've attached a zip file containing all of the 3.5 SRD documents. Notice how each and every single one of them has the same line at the top: "This material is Open Game Content, and is licensed for public use under the terms of the Open Game License v1.0a." (The sole exception being the "Legal" document, which reiterates the OGL itself, outlines several Product Identity terms that I'm pretty sure don't even appear elsewhere in the SRD, and flat-out says that everything else is Open Game Content.) Reviewing something that's been out in the public, just to make sure it doesn't somehow have any IP that's somehow been overlooked by [I]everyone[/I] for over [I]twenty years[/I], should take a single staffer an afternoon at most (the OGL doesn't have take-backs either). Quite frankly, the only thing that makes sense is that either they're backing off on releasing this under the CC completely and don't want to publicly say so, or (like [USER=40359]@kenmarable[/USER] speculated), unnecessary hoops have been added for no reason except someone wants to save face. [/QUOTE]
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