From: "Michael Cortez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Ogf-l] PI Spell Names Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:35:30 -0800
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
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