I thought I'd ask the community their thoughts on this: A spell that has been submitted to the D20 Exchange comes from a book that declares all it's spell names as PI, and then provides a license to use that spell name (as long as it's marked as PI, and proper attribution is given to the copyright holder.)
The spell has the name: Shadow Weapon The reuse license is of course generous, but I'm trying to compile what should be 100% OGC -- thus including a PI spell title, would muddy the waters a little. So, lets say I wanted to create a replacement name that would be released as OGC, what methods could I use? My first method was to show the spell description, which is 100% OGC, to my wife who does not play D&D and who is not familiar with the spell in question. I then asked her what the spell should be called. She replied, "uh, Shadow Weapon?" In this case, since the name was "developed" independent of knowing the original name, can I release it as OGC? I don't intend too, but I'd be interested in hearing other peoples opinions on it. Taking it a step farther, I tried to think up a new name. Would these be considered violating the PI statement? They are functionally the same, and use the same "words" -- but are not identical: * Weapon of Shadow * Shadow, Weapon of Just brainstorming out loud -- thanks, -- Mike C. d20 Exchange http://D20Exchange.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
