Re: [ogf-d20-l] D20 System Trademark License issues

[Ryan S. Dancey]

From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> >> So it would be acceptable to say "To create a character, refer to your
> >> Player's Handbook. The material presented below is available as
options."?
> >
> >That sentence makes me uneasy.
>
> Could you be more specific?

It would be easy to administer a license that said "you cannot describe the
process for creating a character".  Allowing the sentence provided above
means you >can< describe the process for creating a character - the process
is "consult another book".

This is a fine point (maybe too fine), but I am looking for a way to draft
the license so that it is crystal clear what is and is not allowed.

Perhaps the license could provide specific boilerplate text that was
preapproved.  Then the license could say "you cannot describe the process
for creating a character, but you may include the following: To create a
character, consult the instructions in the Core Rules."

Ryan