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

[Ryan S. Dancey]

From: "Walter Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Wasn't the point of all this to grow the consumer market for RPG products
> (which would, presumably, grow WotC's sales)?

Nobody is saying that they can't use the OGL content in those products.  The
issue is one of the utility value of the >logo< to the customer.  If a
customer sees the D20 logo on a product, they should expect that product to
be a >game< product filled with material compatible with the game engine
they regularly use.

Putting D20 conversion notes in a product is a good idea from the standpoint
of that publisher's business, because it expands the number of people who
might get some utility out of that content.  But it degrades the total value
of the D20 logo, because it trains people to be suspicious about just how
much value they're really going to get from their purchase.

Ryan