On Mon, 8 May 2000, Faustus von Goethe wrote:
> Hey Kal:
Hey ya :)
> These will be the "words" that WotC will reserve as their Trademarks, and
> will (presumably) spend gobs of money to fight in court to protect. This is
I believe the original posting stating that these are words WotC
will reserve as trademarks is erroneous and the implications to
D20STL or OGL developers are not as implied by your posting.
> If, on the other hand, the LIST is very restrictive and does include such
> words, then it will be against your better interests to even develop in the
> D20 system - as WotC will effectively own ALL of it - or be able to screw
> you in court for a long time if they don;t like you.
Things like "Hit Points" and "Armor Class" will be in the list and
it will not be a negative to people who develop for the D20STL. In
fact, it will be a positive to have enforced consistent terminology
in D20STL material.
While I too reserve much skepticism until after the final versions
have been released and after seeing how WotC responds to feedback
from the gaming community. Let's admit when a mistake has been made.
I'm sure Ryan and WotC will be in the hot seat again soon.
With regards to the FAQ:
In A.14 of the FAQ, I would suggest that Richard Stallman would
much rather be associated with the Free Software Foundation at
www.fsf.org than www.opensource.org. From the Stallman interview at:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/05/01/1052216&mode=thread
"I am not affiliated with the Open Source Movement. I founded the Free
Software Movement, which has been working to spread freedom and
cooperation since 1984, and is concerned not only with practical benefits
but with a social and ethical issue: whether to encourage people to
cooperate with their neighbors, or prohibit cooperation. The Free Software
Movement raises issues of freedom, community, principle, and ethics,
which the Open Source Movement studiously avoids."
Otherwise, looks good.
Cheers,
--Kal
