> Just because I'm missing the usual vigorous verbal interplay, I thought I'd throw out a question I already know the answer to. Knowing the answer sometimes isn't enough though; at this point I'm more interested in the details and exposition of the answer than the answer itself.
> The basic question is this: can I publish a product that uses a Vitality/Wound system? > I know the simple answer is, "No". OK, so new to this & new to the list, but, thinking I understand the underlying principals of the OGL... Anything based on Open Content is required to itself be Open Content. That's the point; if it's as similar to Open Source code as I think it is. You can stand on the sholders of giants, but what you dream up others may use likewise toward everyone else's efforts. That there's no shame in copying, as long as you play too. So, if the Wounds/Vitality system is a direct extrapolation of the Open Content HP system, it is, by definition, Open Content too. Now I agree that all the Lucasfilm IP is not Open Content as Product Identity, but surely the D20 mechanics of the VP/WP system are. I suspect that the answer is that I'm wrong, and that's cool, but I'd really like to know why! Martin. _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
