From: "John Nephew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Logos
> =====
I plan to create an archive, consisting of the License, the Guide, the Card,
and various logos in various formats (EPS, PSD, TIFF, JPEG) and in color and
in B&W. When you download the archive, you'll get everything you need in
one place.
> Is my understanding correct, and if so is sufficient for these points to
be
> implied by the OGL and D20STL or should it be made explicit in the logo
> guide?
Your interpretation is exactly correct. The Swedish publisher would have to
send in their own card, and would have to have a sperate agreement with you
to use your proprietary content, and would use the Open Game Content in
compliance with the OGL.
I suspect that we'll need a fairly detailed FAQ...
> Restricted Trademark Use
> ========================
> How does this section interrelate with third parties? For example, does
> Atlas Games have to require retailers and distributors not to use the
terms
> "Dungeons & Dragons" or "Wizards of the Coast" in catalog listings,
> solicitation sheets, in-store displays, and other aspects of "advertising
> and marketing"...? If so, how do we enforce it, or what do we suffer if
we
> are unable to enforce it?
You are prohibited from doing those things. If a distributor, not acting
under your instructions, does those things, it's our problem, not yours.
> Another question: How do we solicit for a new D20 System product and
> appropriately acknowledge the licensed trademark without violating the
> clause against using the trademark "Wizards of the Coast" in
> advertising/marketing?
I see what your saying. There should be a requirement that if you use the
D20 logo on anything, you have to use the attribution line in the same
place. I'll work on that ASAP.
> Grandfathering
> ==============
> What if any provision is or will be made for products already published
> under the gentleman's agreement/draft D20STL up to this point? Do items
> published under draft versions of the license prior to 1.0 count under
> paragraph 9 of the D20STLA as "existing material that complies with a
> previous version of the D20 Trademark Logo Agreement" that may continue to
> be sold until we have a chance to reprint under the terms of the final
> license?
I suspect that the way we will handle this issue is on a case-by-case
agreement with the indivdiual publishers who have operated under the
gentlemen's agreement. Ideally, those products would be brought into
compliance with the final license on their next printing, and all anyone
will need is a brief letter from us confirming that the pre-existing
inventory meets our approval and can be sold without concern.
All the material I have seen has generally conformed with the spirit, if not
the letter of the license, and so I don't perceive any major concerns
arising in grandfathering permission to continue to distribute those
materials.
> Typo, paragraph 13 of the Agreement: It says "MAKES NOT
> REPRESENTATION" --replace "NOT" with "NO."
Got it!
Ryan
