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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.
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.
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.
3. Offer and Acceptance: By Using the Open Game Content You
indicate Your acceptance of the terms of this License.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
10. Copy of this License: You MUST include a copy of this
License with every copy of the Open Game Content You
distribute.
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.
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.
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.
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.
15. COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Open Game License v 1.0a Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast,
Inc.System Reference Document. Copyright 2000. Wizards of the
Coast, Inc; Authors
Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, based on material by
E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Beta playtest edition. Copyright
2008, Paizo Publishing, LLC;
Author: Jason Bulmahn.
The Book of Experimental Might. Copyright 2008, Malhavoc Press;
Author: Monte J. Cook.
PathfinderRPG Wiki Copyright 2008, Timothy Green, Chief Editor:
Timothy Green.