Brad Thompson wrote:
>
> > Lizard
> >
> > Erm...I think this last sentence might need some clarification, lest
> > another tempest begin. Can you elaborate on what you mean by 'approving'?
>
> He means the d20 SRD.
>
Cool.
> > I'm aware all drafts of the D20 STL include the right of WOTC to review
> > content for violations of the license and request changes, but I was also
> > under the impression that if someone wished to release content immediately
> > (taking the risk they might later have to withdraw it to make changes),
> > this would be permitted. Is this still the case?
>
> Huh? The license grants no such right. WotC can review the material the
> same way everybody else can, by picking up a copy and looking through it,
> but there is no process for reviewing a work for content violations.
Well, by picking it up and looking through it. :) I mean, if I publish
something under the D20 STL, and it contains information on creating
characters, WOTC is within their rights to say, "Look. This violates the
terms of the agreement. Please change this text in all future
printings." That level of 'approval' is implicit and, IMO, fine --
they're issuing the license, they have both a right and an obligation to
enforce its terms. What must be avoided, though, is any sort of
pre-publication 'approval' process, or any content-based restrictions
(no sex, no violence, no nazis, no making fun of Bill Gates...) beyond
the mechanics-based ones already stated. I see no evidence WOTC has any
plans to do this, of course, and I'm glad of that.
