On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Kevin J. Brennan wrote:
> As a side note, I'm one of those people who believes that very little will
> be done under the OGL. For the most part, I think the D20 license is more
> attractive to those seeking to market their material, and if you're not
> trying to market it, why should you care about the license? WotC is unlikely
I don't care that much about the D20STL. But the OGL, on the
otherhand, let's me liberally use the D20SRD in open content.
> to go after free material unless the circumstances are exceptional (just
> like Paramount allows Trek Fanfic to circulate).
WotC owns TSR and is owned by Hasbro, both of which has
some history of legal maneuvering against the little guy.
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~wade/HyperDnd/TSR/top.html
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/business/features/hasbro1/
It should scare anyone considering the OGL that the new clause:
1) adds a powerful claim for trademark protection
2) reduces the costs and increases the chance of a lawsuit
3) reduces the burden a trademark owner has to prove in court
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