Ok, time to weigh in on this subject.
First to avoid a touchy subject I will not use Drow in my example. Second I
agree that it sucks when a common word is part of PI.
I have an idea for a new cat toy. My ad says "My cats love to play with this
and so will yours!"
but if I wrote "As played with in the show Cats!" I can expect a visit from
a lawyer. The word can be public domain but the unique description of what
it means _is_ PI. So there you have an example of one of the most obviously
public domain words but because I use it to refer to a unique description _I
am in the wrong_. It doesn't matter if I agree or not.
Bob
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From: Kal Lin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
I suggest it is a defeatist attitude to say, well it's allowed
under the OGL so that's it. We can certainly encourage truly
open or balanced works. We can politely question very closed
works. My *opinion* is using PI to suggest those that come
after have to get permission to use a public domain name
like Drow with an OGC stat/combat block derived from the SRD
is not in the spirit of open gaming.
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