On 11 Aug 00, Kal scribbled a note about RE: [Open_Gaming] Trademarks and Me:
> Please don't take offense. The following is a general question
> and not aimed at anyone in particular:
>
Well, since I am not very particular, I'll take a shot at answering
your question :)
> Why should other people who haven't even said what contributions
> they will make to the OGL be given the extra trademark protections
> that WotC seeks? From the history of the list, most trademark
> holders are seeking to not leak any content into the OGL.
Because by not doing so turns the OGL, which is supposed to be
a system independent license, into a solely WOTC tool. This is
something that Ryan has been attempting to avoid (which is why
WOTC's interests are covered in the D20 STL, and not the OGL).
In order to keep the impartiality, they cannot say that this specific
clause applies solely to themselves.
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