Re: [Open_Gaming] Character Generator Question

[Adam Benedict Canning]

Brad Thompson wrote:
> 
> > Jason Lotito
> >
> > I may be wrong, but 'mechanics' cannot be copyrighted.  Basically, I could
> > create a Character Creation Software using the exact same mechanics of d20
> > System.
> 
> Yes, you could.  If you do this outside of both the d20 STL and the OGL, you
> lose the 'safe-harbor' that the OGL provides.

So he's back to relying on Armstrong vs British Leyland and the laws
that followed that [the last set of UK IP law included its
conclusions.]. Though I'm not sure what the Amercian equivalent is, if
there is one.

Adam
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