> Dan Carreker
>
> As I see it, its very simple. Ryan's been very up
> front about his concearn that someone might uses
> "works with D20, not used by permission" as a way to
> not have to abide by D20 and even OGL liscense. If
> this wasn't a grey area, he wouldn't be pushing for
> the extra condition, WOTC would just sue them and
> force them to stop. However, putting it in the OGL
> only forces them not to use OGL, it doesn't stop them
> from publishing. I suppose that in and of itself
> might be OK but the issue becomes does it stop anyone
> else from using OGL. If its limited to marketing and
> such, I doubt it, but if all content fell under this
> clause I think some people would just walk away and
> publish under fair usage or under another liscensce
> all together.
I agree, and am perfectly satisfied with this clause if it is restricted to
'marketing and advertising'. The d20 STL can even go a step further and
prohibit the use of all WotC trademarks without permission in the body as
well, since that is a WotC Trademark license.
-Brad
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