> Christian Fortier > > When you say 'use', do you mean use as OGC, or use as non-OGC material?
I mean 'use' as defined in the OGL. The "gentleman's agreement" proposed by Ryan Dancey while he was a VP for Wizards of the Coast (pre-Hasbro) has been referred to as "potentially binding" by some of the more legal-savvy members of this list. Since that and a really hot cup of coffee will get you sued anyway, I suggest you consider it from a different angle. Nearly every d20 work you see these days is derivative of at least one of those unreleased files, and so for WotC to back out on it now would cause an outrage in the industry that would make the TSR online-policy flap of the 1980's look like a picnic. Can you say "Public Relations Nightmare?" > Is there any reason why WotC didn't release this yet as OGC? Do they > actually plan to? Time is the reason it has not been released, and they definitely plan to release it. WotC has faced at least two staffing reductions since the OGL was first proposed (just prior to the release of 3e), and Anthony Valtera (the current primary WotC contact for WotC-owned OGC) is up to his eyeballs right now. Each of those documents needs to be combed by the R&D staff and be blessed by legal to ensure that none of the brand-related, character creation, or experience IP gets released. -Brad _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
