> > Me too - emphatically. But am very concerned that the Open Gaming
>License
> > and the Open Gaming Foundation are used to make the grey areas go away
>in
> > the direction of openness - *not* more restrictions.
>
>Then shouldn't you simply be arguing for doing away with copyright
>protection entirely? After all, that is the most open.
Don't be asinine.
>The new language limits people's ability to earn their sales based upon
>the work of others - the holder of the trademark they are trying to
>use.
No. The new language limits people's ability to discuss and present their
product in terms that the market will understand, and that will *not* cause
confusion about the source of a product. This *is* *not* *illegal* under
trademark statutes.
>While the biggest benefactor may be WotC, it will also protect all
>future OGL & D20 publishers who trademark their own settings.
There is nothing here to protect them from (IMO).
Faust
See the OGF FAQ at:
http://www.earth1066.com/D20FAQ.htm
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