I don't have a good answer for you, but about www.kargatane.com -- that's
the official Ravenloft site now, run by dedicated fans. They're going to
have permission to do things a normal person wouldn't. For instance, I
believe they'll be publishing (in PDF format) official Ravenloft
supplements. I wouldn't use them as a guide to what a typical publisher
could get away with.
Eric Noah
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ole Sebastian Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 9:29 AM
Subject: [Open_Gaming] Other's trademarks in my copyrighted material
> I would like to post a question to the list that has been bothering me for
> some time.
>
> Currently, I am writing a setting that I intend to release under GFDL or
> OGL (I don't know which yet, but GFDL seems better). However, say I would
> be interested in using a Ravenloft novel as background and use the names
> from it (Van Richten for instance) in my setting. Is this possible? My
> intuition says NO, but then again I'm not sure.
>
> I got even more uncertain when I downloaded the "Book of S____" series
> net-books from the official Ravenloft site ("http://www.kargatane.com/")
> and read in the beginning (quote from "Book of Souls"):
>
> "Legal Notice:
> AD&D�, RAVENLOFT� and MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH� are registered trademarks
of
> TSR, Inc. This book does not represent a challenge to any TSR-held
> trademarks. TSR is not affiliated with this book in any way. All
articles
> are copyrighted by their respective creators.
> This netbook may be reproduced for personal use, but may not be used to
> generate revenue."
>
> What does this mean? May I write something that includes TSR trademarks
but
> I still hold the copyright and doesn't risk to get sued? What about the
> "revenue" part? If I find another license that says something like "you
may
> take this and do whatever you want with it as long as I retain the
> copyright and you make your changes visible, and as long as nobody is
> allowed to make revenue on it". Can I then use TSR trademarks?
>
> I am bevildered.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Ole Sebastian Stein
> "Computers don't make errors - What they do, they do on purpose."
>
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