>Actually, I have been thinking about what DM said in regard to Eric Noah's
>site. He has the d20 logo in several places and when the license for that
>finalized he would be in violation on each page if he had not followed all
>procedures (the d220STLG says web page not web site). In addition there are
>things on his site which will eventually be released under the OGL (being
>based on the SRD) and would put him in violation if he didn't follow the
>OGL.
Well, I doubt he's techinically in violation of anything right now (or
in the near future.) He runs a news/rumour site and since he's
reporting/editorializing on D&D, he's free to to use WotC trademarks (to
a certain degree), including the d20 logo. He doesn't need to follow the
restrictions of the license because he's not a party to it. Instead, he
has to follow trademark/IP laws.
As for "things on his site which will eventually be released under the
OGL", I have to presume you're referring to his D&D conversion library?
Firstly, it's basically following the loose WotC fan-created works
policy. We all know this is subject to change and the list has debated it
vs the OGL ad infinitum, so we'll let that rest. Beyond that, Jim Butler
has on more than one occasion directly addressed the official stance on
D&D conversions of older material:
>We wholeheartedly encourage anyone to go through and make
>whatever conversion notes for various products they'd like.
Which pretty much sums up Eric's conversion library. There are probably a
few items on Eric's site which don't meet this criteria, but on the
whole, Eric should be in fairly safe legal waters and doesn't need the
safe harbor of the OGL.
-Andrew
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