Prior art? I've heard the term before, just wondering. I would also doubt that WotC would litigate because you use mind flayers in your product, and they happen to resemble the octopi headed men mentioned in the Eldritch Wizardry supplement oh so long, long ago. WotC probably has more important things to worry about, like people claiming their products as "core" rulebooks, trying to manufacture videogames using the d20 rules, and other skullduggery.
Rob. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Cortez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:51 PM Subject: RE: [Ogf-l] Cant use Mind Flayers--Rediculous! > >> "These are super-intelligent man shaped creatures of > >> great (and lawful) evil. Their heads most resemble a > >> small octopus, with four tentacles which are used to > > You know of course, it's those three lines right there, or actually just > these few words "man shaped, heads resemble octopus" that people are most > interested in. > > I don't think we can state: > > Mind Flayer - Man shaped creature with a head that resembles an octopus > > w/o violating the license, because that description doesn't appear in any > OGC, therefore it's derivitive of closed content, because as the arguments > here have proven -- it can't be inferred by the description provided in the > SRD... > > -- > Mike > _______________________________________________ > Ogf-l mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
