From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kal Lin
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 5:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Open_Gaming] Some license updates
<< > 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
I agree. I also think you can addressed that quite easily.
Add a clause to OGL about not using D20 trademark in anyway
except under the D20STL. >>
Ugh! I would hate to see OGL cluttered up by reference to specific licenses
or games. No one is pretending it was not built specifically to facilitate
the D20 STL; but if it is kept as clean as possible and treats all
companies -- big and small -- as identically as possible, we'll end up with
a document that may be far more valuable than its original purpose.
<< Here is an interesting archive about how WotC feels on
asking permission to do things from other gaming companies: >>
"Felt", not "feels". There's no date on this, but it looks to be at least
four years old. How they feel today is inevitably colored by what they
experienced then. So it is even possible that, in some tenuous fashion, the
link you posted may very well be part of the reason for the clause Ryan is
proposing today.
Martin L. Shoemaker
Emerald Software, Inc. -- Custom Software and UML Training
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www.EmeraldSoftwareInc.com
www.UMLBootCamp.com
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