Good Riddance to the Open Gaming License  [[3. Resources/Readwise/Full Document Contents/Articles/Good Riddance to the Open Gaming License|Full Document Contents]] ## Document Notes 1. What other types of licenses are available that could be used to protect open gaming content? 2. What is the difference between copyright and intellectual property? 3. What specific rights are granted and taken away by the OGL? > [!note]+ Document Notes > 1. What other types of licenses are available that could be used to protect open gaming content? > 2. What is the difference between copyright and intellectual property? > 3. What specific rights are granted and taken away by the OGL? ## Highlights - OGL is “perpetual.” To a layperson, these two terms may seem interchangeable, but this is one of those fine lawerly distinctions that trip up normies all the time. In lawyerspeak, a “perpetual” license is one whose revocation doesn’t come automatically after a certain time (unlike, say, a one-year car-lease, which automatically terminates at the end of the year). Unless a license is “irrevocable,” the licensor can terminate it whenever they want to. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01grm7fwxsvzan3408sbexfp1s)) - The OGL predates the Creative Commons licenses, but it neatly illustrates the problem with letting corporate lawyers — rather than public-interest nonprofits — unleash “open” licenses on an unsuspecting, legally unsophisticated audience. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01grm7g9qzy11ethszhg2p75xt)) - Tags: ogl - the OGL is a grossly defective instrument that is significantly worse than useless. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01grm7gscwg4rh8endbggfe36h)) - the OGL gives you permission to use things *you don’t need permission to use* ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01grm7mzg1t2kfrcstez7b428n)) - The OGL specifically exempts: > 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… ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01grm7nv9qdyvv8te4t4pn27yt)) - This is a great moment to start — or contribute to — *real* open gaming content, licensed under standard, universal licenses like Creative Commons. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01grm7v8ymatzj74f3mhyg0mht))