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- | ====== open game license 1.0a ====== | ||
- | Created Friday 02 August 2013 | ||
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- | LEGAL INFORMATION | ||
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- | Permission to copy, modify and distribute the files collectively known as the | ||
- | System Reference Document (“SRD”) is granted solely through the use of the Open | ||
- | Gaming License, Version 1.0a. | ||
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- | This material is being released using the Open Gaming License Version 1.0a and | ||
- | you should read and understand the terms of that license before using this | ||
- | material. | ||
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- | The text of the Open Gaming License itself is not Open Game Content. | ||
- | Instructions on using the License are provided within the License itself. | ||
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- | The following items are designated Product Identity, as defined in Section 1(e) | ||
- | of the Open Game License Version 1.0a, and are subject to the conditions set | ||
- | forth in Section 7 of the OGL, and are not Open Content: Dungeons & Dragons, | ||
- | D&D, Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master, Monster Manual, d20 System, Wizards of | ||
- | the Coast, d20 (when used as a trademark), Forgotten Realms, Faerûn, proper | ||
- | names (including those used in the names of spells or items), places, Red Wizard | ||
- | of Thay, the City of Union, Heroic Domains of Ysgard, Ever-Changing Chaos of | ||
- | Limbo, Windswept Depths of Pandemonium, Infinite Layers of the Abyss, Tarterian | ||
- | Depths of Carceri, Gray Waste of Hades, Bleak Eternity of Gehenna, Nine Hells of | ||
- | Baator, Infernal Battlefield of Acheron, Clockwork Nirvana of Mechanus, | ||
- | Peaceable Kingdoms of Arcadia, Seven Mounting Heavens of Celestia, Twin | ||
- | Paradises of Bytopia, Blessed Fields of Elysium, Wilderness of the Beastlands, | ||
- | Olympian Glades of Arborea, Concordant Domain of the Outlands, Sigil, Lady of | ||
- | Pain, Book of Exalted Deeds, Book of Vile Darkness, beholder, gauth, carrion | ||
- | crawler, tanar’ri, baatezu, displacer beast, githyanki, githzerai, mind flayer, | ||
- | illithid, umber hulk, yuan-ti. | ||
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- | All of the rest of the SRD is Open Game Content as described in Section 1(d) of | ||
- | the License. | ||
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- | More information on the Open Game License can be found at www.wizards.com/d20. | ||
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- | The terms of the Open Gaming License Version 1.0a are as follows: | ||
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- | OPEN GAME LICENSE Version 1.0a | ||
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- | The following text is the property of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and is | ||
- | Copyright 2000 Wizards of the Coast, Inc ("Wizards"). All Rights Reserved. | ||
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- | 1. Definitions: (a)"Contributors" means the copyright and/or trademark owners | ||
- | who have contributed Open Game Content; (b)"Derivative Material" means | ||
- | copyrighted material including derivative works and translations (including into | ||
- | other computer languages), potation, modification, correction, addition, | ||
- | extension, upgrade, improvement, compilation, abridgment or other form in which | ||
- | an existing work may be recast, transformed or adapted; (c) "Distribute" means | ||
- | to reproduce, license, rent, lease, sell, broadcast, publicly display, transmit | ||
- | or otherwise distribute; (d)"Open Game Content" means the game mechanic and | ||
- | includes the methods, procedures, processes and routines to the extent such | ||
- | content does not embody the Product Identity and is an enhancement over the | ||
- | prior art and any additional content clearly identified as Open Game Content by | ||
- | the Contributor, and means any work covered by this License, including | ||
- | translations and derivative works under copyright law, but specifically excludes | ||
- | Product Identity. (e) "Product Identity" means product and product line names, | ||
- | logos and identifying marks including trade dress; artifacts; creatures | ||
- | characters; stories, storylines, plots, thematic elements, dialogue, incidents, | ||
- | language, artwork, symbols, designs, depictions, likenesses, formats, poses, | ||
- | concepts, themes and graphic, photographic and other visual or audio | ||
- | representations; names and descriptions of characters, spells, enchantments, | ||
- | personalities, teams, personas, likenesses and special abilities; places, | ||
- | locations, environments, creatures, equipment, magical or supernatural abilities | ||
- | or effects, logos, symbols, or graphic designs; and any other trademark or | ||
- | registered trademark clearly identified as Product identity by the owner of the | ||
- | Product Identity, and which specifically excludes the Open Game Content; (f) | ||
- | "Trademark" means the logos, names, mark, sign, motto, designs that are used by | ||
- | a Contributor to identify itself or its products or the associated products | ||
- | contributed to the Open Game License by the Contributor (g) "Use", "Used" or | ||
- | "Using" means to use, Distribute, copy, edit, format, modify, translate and | ||
- | otherwise create Derivative Material of Open Game Content. (h) "You" or "Your" | ||
- | means the licensee in terms of this agreement. | ||
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- | 2. The License: This License applies to any Open Game Content that contains a | ||
- | notice indicating that the Open Game Content may only be Used under and | ||
- | in terms of this License. You must affix such a notice to any Open Game Content | ||
- | that you Use. No terms may be added to or subtracted from this License | ||
- | except as described by the License itself. No other terms or conditions may be | ||
- | applied to any Open Game Content distributed using this License. | ||
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- | 3. Offer and Acceptance: By Using the Open Game Content You indicate Your | ||
- | acceptance of the terms of this License. | ||
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- | 4. Grant and Consideration: In consideration for agreeing to use this License, | ||
- | the Contributors grant You a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive | ||
- | license with the exact terms of this License to Use, the Open Game Content. | ||
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- | 5.Representation of Authority to Contribute: If You are contributing original | ||
- | material as Open Game Content, You represent that Your Contributions are Your | ||
- | original creation and/or You have sufficient rights to grant the rights conveyed | ||
- | by this License. | ||
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- | 6.Notice of License Copyright: You must update the COPYRIGHT NOTICE portion of | ||
- | this License to include the exact text of the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any Open Game | ||
- | Content You are copying, modifying or distributing, and You must add the title, | ||
- | the copyright date, and the copyright holder's name to the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of | ||
- | any original Open Game Content you Distribute. | ||
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- | 7. Use of Product Identity: You agree not to Use any Product Identity, including | ||
- | as an indication as to compatibility, except as expressly licensed in another, | ||
- | independent Agreement with the owner of each element of that Product Identity. | ||
- | You agree not to indicate compatibility or co-adaptability with any Trademark or | ||
- | Registered Trademark in conjunction with a work containing Open Game Content | ||
- | except as expressly licensed in another, independent Agreement with the owner of | ||
- | such Trademark or Registered Trademark. The use of any Product Identity in Open | ||
- | Game Content does not constitute a challenge to the ownership of that Product | ||
- | Identity. The owner of any Product Identity used in Open Game Content shall | ||
- | retain all rights, title and interest in and to that Product Identity. | ||
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- | 8. Identification: If you distribute Open Game Content You must clearly | ||
- | indicate which portions of the work that you are distributing are Open Game | ||
- | Content. | ||
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- | 9. Updating the License: Wizards or its designated Agents may publish updated | ||
- | versions of this License. You may use any authorized version of this License to | ||
- | copy, modify and distribute any Open Game Content originally distributed under | ||
- | any version of this License. | ||
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- | 10. Copy of this License: You MUST include a copy of this License with every | ||
- | copy of the Open Game Content You Distribute. | ||
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- | 11. Use of Contributor Credits: You may not market or advertise the Open Game | ||
- | Content using the name of any Contributor unless You have written permission | ||
- | from the Contributor to do so. | ||
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- | 12. Inability to Comply: If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the | ||
- | terms of this License with respect to some or all of the Open Game Content due | ||
- | to statute, judicial order, or governmental regulation then You may not Use any | ||
- | Open Game Material so affected. | ||
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- | 13. Termination: This License will terminate automatically if You fail to | ||
- | comply with all terms herein and fail to cure such breach within 30 days of | ||
- | becoming aware of the breach. All sublicenses shall survive the termination of | ||
- | this License. | ||
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- | 14. Reformation: If any provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, | ||
- | such provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it | ||
- | enforceable. | ||
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- | 15. COPYRIGHT NOTICE | ||
- | Open Game License v 1.0a Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc. | ||
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- | System Reference Document Copyright 2000-2003, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; | ||
- | Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Rich Baker, Andy Collins, | ||
- | David Noonan, Rich Redman, Bruce R. Cordell, John D. Rateliff, Thomas Reid, | ||
- | James Wyatt, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. | ||
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- | Modern System Reference Document Copyright 2002, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; | ||
- | Authors Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Charles Ryan, based on material | ||
- | by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, Peter Adkinson, | ||
- | Bruce R. Cordell, John Tynes, Andy Collins and JD Wiker | ||
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- | Unearthed Arcana, Copyright 2004, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Andy | ||
- | Collins, Jesse Decker, David Noonan, and Rich Redman Villains, Copyright 2002, | ||
- | Bastion Press, Inc. | ||
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- | END OF LICENSE | ||