Re: [Ogf-l] Opening Closed Games

2006-09-07 Thread Mark Wilkinson
In my non-lawyer opinion, I would suggest that youdo you own thing rather than try to resurrect theseworks.  With that most important thing said, let meoffer some suggestions to you.Are you sure the author is the original copyrightholder?  If he created the game as a "work for hire" then he might

Re: [Ogf-l] OGC contamination?

2006-09-05 Thread Mark Wilkinson
You have a right to specify what, specifically, is open game content and what is not open game content.  An easy way to handle this, for example, would be to put game stats (closed content) in grey boxes and narrative (open content) without boxes.  Then you simply state that "all material in this

Re: [Ogf-l] Open Game Content Logo

2006-08-19 Thread Mark Wilkinson
Doug:Thanks for the background on the OpenDie logo and for theadvice you gave.  Lawyers sure make it hard for decent, honestfolk to do business together.  Seems they exist to stir up malcontent then profit off it.MarkOn Aug 13, 2006, at 8:28 PM, Doug Meerschaert wrote:Markus:We* had quite a

Re: [Ogf-l] Open Game Content Logo

2006-08-16 Thread Mark Wilkinson
Markus Wilkinson wrote: ... I'll even add an icosahedron to my logo to see if you like it better that way. I know i'd probably like it less. Unless what you're really looking for is a D20-System-but-we-can't-say-that logo, i'd say shy away from icosahedrons in a logo designed to identify

Re: [Ogf-l] Open Game Content Logo

2006-08-13 Thread Mark Wilkinson
Maggie: I'll take 2c whenever I can get it. I'm glad you like our website. I've googled you and BWR and read up a bit on what you are doing (though your web site is down). I'm very impressed and wish you the best of luck. I'm an 'aerospace education officer' in the Civil Air Patrol.