It's my opinion, it is Ryan's opinion, and it is the only reading of the license that makes any reasonable sense.
Obviously, like everything else with the OGL, there is no official pronouncement on anything :) Clark --- Spike Y Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:04:42 -0700 (PDT) > Clark Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They absolutely cannot do that (prevent you from > using > > public domain names). They can PI the name, but it > is > > only as to that NPC or person from their product. > > You have every right to use those names you want > to > > use, presuming they have a public domain origin. > > > > Mongoose, or any other publisher, cant "gobble up" > > public domain names by declaring them as PI. If > the > > names are public domain, then you have a source > for > > them (the public domain) aside from Mongoose's > content > > and thus you can use them freely. > > Is this your opinion (which I agree with, by the > way) or has this > been officially declared to be the correct > interpretation of the > ambiguous license terms by WotC and/or a court of > law? > > Spike Y Jones > _______________________________________________ > Ogf-l mailing list > Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org > http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l > _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
