RE: [ogf-d20-l] D20 System Trademark License issues

[Martin L. Shoemaker]

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Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 4:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [ogf-d20-l] D20 System Trademark License issues

<< >Perhaps the license could provide specific boilerplate text that was
>preapproved.  Then the license could say "you cannot describe the process
>for creating a character, but you may include the following: To create a
>character, consult the instructions in the Core Rules."
>
>Ryan

But, it does ask the user to consult a book available from Wizards of
the Coast, one for which Wizards makes money. Isn't one of the
purposes of the D20STL to sell more Wizards RPG books? >>

I think Ryan's concern is that the current wording may not adequately
support this purpose, because it forbids any description of the character
creation process, even a trivial one like "reference this book". It's not
that he doesn't want you selling PHBs; it's that he fears the license needs
to change to allow this while still protecting their IP.

Martin L. Shoemaker
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