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What's the optimal Open License?

Started by GeekyBugle, January 15, 2023, 01:53:20 PM

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January 19, 2023, 08:29:20 PM
Quote from: Anon Adderlan on January 19, 2023, 08:03:15 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on January 16, 2023, 02:19:13 PM
Assuming you trademarked EVERYTHING that makes your game unique, at $1,000+ US a pop that's a lot of money.

Yes, which is why #WotC invented the concept of Product Identity to protect their IP through the OGL.

Quote from: GeekyBugle on January 16, 2023, 02:19:13 PM
Yes, you CAN remix my stuff until it's no longer covered by copyright, and you could do the same for trademark, but at that point it's no longer recognizable as the same as mine.

In which case why bother with the license?

Quote from: GeekyBugle on January 16, 2023, 02:19:13 PM
An Open License serves the purpose of allowing you to NOT remix/reword/etc my stuff and use it without worries even if it's ONLY covered by copyright.

Which is useless for the majority of third party publishers, especially when they'll have to give up certain rights to do so.

Again, the optimal license has to act in a way similar to a Trademark one. It has to permit third parties to use the concepts the game is built on, not the literal text or images. But mechanics can only be protected under Patents, and named entities can only be protected under Trademark, and if they aren't their use is unrestricted to begin with.

So you haven't read or didn't understand shit of the first post. Got it.
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