Paizo Announces System-Neutral Open RPG License

Re:Paizo Announces System-Neutral Open RPG License by bovermyer on Friday January 13, 2023 @09:06AM (#34367894)

This discussion is also happening in publisher circles. I think the argument is that the ORC (Paizo's proposed license) will differentiate between reserved IP and open content. I'm not certain, though.

Source: I own a tabletop RPG publisher.

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Re:Paizo Announces System-Neutral Open RPG License by trynewideas on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:32PM (#34374834)

Then remove IP you want to protect from the CC BY-licensed SRD, publish the books under normal copyright terms, and add the rules content to the SRD?

I still don't understand the value of the OGL spelling out reserved IP. That's already protected if the only open-licensed part is the rules text, which (not a lawyer) happens with a CC BY SRD and any other copyright license on the derived works.

Wizards leaving reserved IP in their official SRD was a bug, not a feature. Back when Paizo still self-hosted Pathfinder 1E's SRD, they solicited pointers to and removed protected terms that they accidentally left in it so it'd be more ergonomic for publishers.

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