Free20 would be a Use license - just like D20. It would be contingent on
the OGL, just like D20, and it would grant the right to use the Free20 Logo,
just like D20 does.
It would have provisions also, that limited both the PI and the PROFIT
motive. In short these provisions would be structured to create a "safe
harbor" for contributors of content that they wanted to make "open" but that
do not want to become part of a partially closed, produced-for-profit, work.
A "Fan-Only" version of D20?
Faust
>From: Bryce Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] I'm Game
>Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:21:09 -0700 (PDT)
>
>On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Faustus von Goethe wrote:
>
> > >From: Clark Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > >No one is trying to scare people. But when you write:
> > >
> > >"my meaning was not that a hobbyist *will* get more,
> > >but that the hobbyist *may be* less likely to face
> > >formal litigation."
> > >
> > >That is dangerous. It is totally untrue legally as
> > >well as practically.
> >
> > If you make the "FreeD20" license as we (at least >I<) have been
>discussing
> > it, then there would be much less likelihood of monetary damages.
>Making it
> > ALL OGL and ALL FREE effectively eliminates the downstream liability
>issue
> > - since "Party C" would never have SPENT the $50 grand in the first
>place.
> >
> > "FreeD20"
> > "SandboxD20"
> > "FAND20"
> > "FAN20"
> > "FAN-D-20"
> >
> > Hmmmm......
>
>I like the 'Free20' term, as it doesn't contain the sub-part 'D20',
>which WOTC might object to being used, even in this context.
>
>But, I'm a bit confused as to whether the Free20 is a license, like the
>OGL, or is a trademark or servicemark or something? If it isn't a
>license, would a new license separate from the OGL be needed? If so, is
>it legal for us to derive a license from the OGL since it is copyrighted
>with all rights reserved (including modification) by WOTC?
>
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