Hi D20 >> >As has already been pointed out on this list you are allowed to PI >> >stuff that you cannot claim any protection from copyright law or >> >trademark law. So PI is needed to protect that material.
>> Why? All but a tiny minority of creative works are produced outside >> the confines of the OGL and rely on the protections afforded by >> copyright and trademark law. Tru but they do not then get published with a licence that says that you can freely copy bits. I think the OGL is great, it allows you to make some stuff available and it allows you to protect other stuff. That second bit is essential. >> Steve Jackson Games, which produced some of the material you're >> concerned with protecting in your licensed books, relies on copyright >> and trademark law. Sorry I need to point out that you have got confused with the two Steve Jackson's in the industry. We have the licence to convert the Fighting Fantasy books to d20, these where produced by the BRITISH Steve Jackson (the same guy that founded Games Workshop). Steve Jackson Games is run by the US Steve Jackson, someone completely different. >> The point you raise is interesting, but I can't help but think you've >> turned open gaming on its head a bit. The idea is to create a safe >> harbor in which we can collaborate without violating the intellectual >> property rights of each other. It wasn't to create a new class of >> intellectual property that we could unwittingly infringe. I am not turning anything on it's head, I am just concerned about the protective aspects of the licence as well as the collaborative elements. They both need to be equally strong in order for the licence to continue to flurish. Cheers Mike Dymond Managing Director Myriador Ltd. a: Flat 1 The Old School House, 25 River Street, Pewsey, Wiltshire, SN9 5DH, UK m: 07900 042 293 t: 01672 564 254 f: 01672 564 254 - please phone first e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.myriador.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
