Thanks again for a thought provoking message. I have something
to add.
On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Corey Reid wrote:
> To address the "Drow" example that's been bounced around -- my opinion is
> that if you're going to use a trademarked term without permission in the
> belief that it's actually a public domain term then the onus is on you to
> have some evidence that it really is public domain. To just go forward based
> solely on your belief that it's public is just asking for trouble. Clause or
> no clause.
People believed Drow was in the public domain and wrote free
modules about it before TSR asserted their trademark. It would
be quite a hindrance to line up evidence of every term you believe
to be in the public domain in case someone might come by later
and assert a trademark on it.
The new point I'd like to add is if you decide to ask TSR for
permission to use Drow in an OGL work, even if they say no, you
have just actively acknowledged their bogus trademark on Drow.
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