> The biggest change we're going to be making is adding a clause that
> basically prohibits anyone who uses Open Game Content from using another
> company's trademarks on that product without permission.
> This is another "carrot and stick" clause. The idea behind this clause is
> to stop someone from just putting "this product is compatible with the D20
> System. The D20 System is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast and is not
> used with permission." on their Open Gaming products without conforming to
> the D20 System license; or worse, using someone's game brand name (clearly
> for me, the worst case would be to have someone use D&D). The legal issues
> here are so murky that nobody wants to even render an opinion on how
> effective a suit might be if one were brought to stop this kind of use.
So, for those of us who are not legal experts in anyway (me), you want
to prevent someone from using the d20 logo or the D&D Logo on their
product to say they are compatible and use that as a way to garner free
advertising, persee (i.e. use the D&D Image to gain sales?)
Also, while I used D&D in my example, you can insert any gaming system
into that, I just chose D&D, well, because it is essentially the flag
ship of this whole endeavor.
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Sincerely
Jason Lotito - Technical Director - Fiction-Fantasy Network
http://www.fiction-fantasy.net/
http://rpmain.dfxwebs.com/ - Telvin's Archive
http://www.Fiction-Fantasy.net/TheDragonsDen - The Dragon's Den
http://www.Fiction-Fantasy.net - Fiction & Fantasy Network
-New Project- RPGPublisher.com/PlanetRPG.org - Where do you get your
games?
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