On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, John W. Mangrum wrote:
> If the trademark is closed content, then you have no right to use it,
> *regardless* of this new clause in the OGL license. I know this topic
> has been taken up with you before, but see, there's this thing called
> intellectual property rights...
According to existing practice and existing trademark law
it is perfectly within my right to produce a compatible with
Snakemen of Blablabla module and say so. The new clause
prevents me from doing this. Eventhough "Snakemen of Blablabla"
uses the game mechanic which I put into the OGL. This is because
the new clause in the OGL provides extra protection for trademark
owners over and above the law.
I am trying to explain why the new clause does not serve some
of us who want to participate in open gaming. But it seems like
some people just want to flame and mandate their morals on the
entire community even if their particular view bypasses the long
standing trademark laws and practices built by many bright and
reasonable people over many years.
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