2. In some way I cannot comprehend, Trademarks are different from Product Identity -- yes, I know they're different, but read on -- in such a way that "You agree not to Use any Product Identity..." automatically means "from any source from which you derive" (or perhaps "from any source from which you directly derive"), but "You agree not to indicate compatibility or co-adaptability with any Trademark or Registered Trademark..." automatically means "no matter what it applies to".
you say it yourself a bit further down, but i think the answer is pretty simple: PI has no meaning outside of the WotC OGL, so it can't possibly have any more power than that contract gives it. And that contract only makes sense in the context of deriving from a work. Trademarks have meaning in a much broader scope. IOW, the "any"s in those two clauses don't change, what changes is that a term is a trademark whether you know it or not, but something can only be "Product Identity" if you know it is. So, something that is included in a PI designation in a product you haven't read simply *isn't* "Product Identity" as far as *your* contract is concerned.
Leastways, that's my interpretation. -- woodelf <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://webpages.charter.net/woodelph/
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