http://www.wizards.com/D20/article.asp?x=dt20010417h
Did anyone else think the following paragraph sounded,
well, a little ominous?
"Q: If I find something in a Wizards of the Coast book
and I think it should be Open Game Content, can I just
write a version of that material in my own words?
A: If you can do so without creating a derivative work
as that term is used in Title 17 of the US Copyright
law, infringing a trademark you don't own, and any
number of other legal landmines, you're more than
welcome to do so. Of course, you should consult your
legal counsel before attempting such a thing."
It sounds like we're being discouraged from adding on
to the SRD, even though the whole point of putting it
into Open Content is to make it available to be
modified, extended, redistributed, etc. Does that
mean that adding character creation and level
advancement stuff to a game based on the SRD is going
to be viewed as "probably" some kind of derivative
work of D&D3e? If we add on our own rules for
telepathy, telekinesis, and such, are they going to
say we're creating a derivative work of the psionics
book? Basically, a _lot_ of this stuff works in very
similar ways across many roleplaying games, and I'm
concerned that by including "certain topics" at all
we're going to get busted for infringement.
Am I just being paranoid?
Neal
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