I'm not a lawyer either - this is only what I was told by a store owner who
*said* he received a "cease and desist" letter from TSR.
Faust
>From: Stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [Open_Gaming] OGL/D20L based 'GM-For-Hire' Service Question
>Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 14:31:33 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- Faustus von Goethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > When you GM for money, you have to advertize those
> > services. During that
> > process, you have to use the trademarks of the games
> > you will run. At that
> > point you are violating trademark law and "diluting"
> > the trademark of the
> > game company.
>
>First, "I'm a programmer not a Lawyer, Jim."
>I thought I could use the D20SRD and the D20STL to GM
>a D&D compatible game. I believed this would allow me
>to use the D20 logo and use the PHB ruleset.
>The campaign world would be of a non-commercial (my)
>design.
>Am I assuming too much here?
>
>Stan
>
>
>
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