Doug Meerschaert wrote:
>
> >From: David Bolack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> >>Only, it now contains parts from the Star Wars Force system, so I can't do
> >>anything with it... can I?
> >
> >Independent invention?
> >
>
> Yes. The core system (A "tweak" of the skills and feat system from the SRD)
> was written months ago--long before Star Wars d20 came out. The class
> included in the current version is unique, and of about 39 skills and feats
> in the 1.0 version, only about 13 are from the Star Wars game--those, and
> two tables for the effect of skills.
>
Assuming you didn't actually copy them from Star Wars -- they're your
own works and ideas and just overlap due to covering the same subject
matter -- I don't see the issue. It's the specific words and phrasing
that are copyright, not the idea -- no one can copyright 'telekinesis'
or 'deflect attack' as concepts.
