On 6 Oct 00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled a note about Re: [ogf-d20-l] D20 System
Trademar:
> >This defines it by saying what it does not cover, namely using the
> >SRD as filler.....
> >
> By your definition, if I take the SRD and expand it out, not include new
> rules but put it in complete sentences to explain things, and put it out
> as a book unto itself, it wouldn't qualify. Which means there wouldn't
> *ever* be an alternate Player's handbook, which Ryan even said he'd be
> interested in seeing someone's attempt.
This would not be considered filler. This would be a unique
interpretation of the complete SRD. The sentences you wrote, as
your interpretation, would not only be copyrightable, but would
most likely take up the bulk of the book.
What I was referring to was the examples given by some, saying
that if there were a percentage requirement, that they would just
use sections of the SRD (verbatim, from the sound of it) to fill up
the requirement of a certain percentage of OGC material. I am
talking about a product which is say five pages short of meeting
such a requirement, and the author does nothing more than reprint
the chapter on combat in order to satisfy those requirements.
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