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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 8986522" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>So looking through it... very basic simple overview (I am not a lawyer, I am defintely not <em>your</em> lawyer, and this is not legal advice!)</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SI defines Product Identity (the stuff you want to keep), ORC Content (the stuff you want to share), and a few other terms. Obviously you can't make somebody's PI into ORC Content, and you can't make somebody's ORC Content into PI.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SII grants you the right to use other creators' ORC Content. It's worldwide, royalty free, irrevocable. It also grants everybody else the right to use your ORC Content. You can't limit usage, charge for it, or impose any conditions.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SIII tells you how to put the ORC notice in your product. Doing that is required to use the license. You include attribution of the creator or Orc Content you are using, info on how you should be credited for your ORC Content, and identification of what you want to designate as Product Identity.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SIV is legal stuff which stops people suing you if you use the license wrong and somebody downstream from you unwittingly uses content they shouldn't because of your mistake. Basically, it's up to each user to double check, not to rely on the previous user to have done it right.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SV is how the license terminates if you breach it. You get 60 days to fix the breach, and if your license terminated, those downstream from you are still OK. It also explains how the license can't be amended, revoked, etc.</li> </ul><p>It's a bit more nuanced than that, but them's the basics. It is very similar to the OGL in concept, just with more solid protection (which is what most of the extra words are about).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 8986522, member: 1"] So looking through it... very basic simple overview (I am not a lawyer, I am defintely not [I]your[/I] lawyer, and this is not legal advice!) [LIST] [*]SI defines Product Identity (the stuff you want to keep), ORC Content (the stuff you want to share), and a few other terms. Obviously you can't make somebody's PI into ORC Content, and you can't make somebody's ORC Content into PI. [*]SII grants you the right to use other creators' ORC Content. It's worldwide, royalty free, irrevocable. It also grants everybody else the right to use your ORC Content. You can't limit usage, charge for it, or impose any conditions. [*]SIII tells you how to put the ORC notice in your product. Doing that is required to use the license. You include attribution of the creator or Orc Content you are using, info on how you should be credited for your ORC Content, and identification of what you want to designate as Product Identity. [*]SIV is legal stuff which stops people suing you if you use the license wrong and somebody downstream from you unwittingly uses content they shouldn't because of your mistake. Basically, it's up to each user to double check, not to rely on the previous user to have done it right. [*]SV is how the license terminates if you breach it. You get 60 days to fix the breach, and if your license terminated, those downstream from you are still OK. It also explains how the license can't be amended, revoked, etc. [/LIST] It's a bit more nuanced than that, but them's the basics. It is very similar to the OGL in concept, just with more solid protection (which is what most of the extra words are about). [/QUOTE]
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