On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Jim Clepis wrote: > wandered into a site this morning that caught my eye. > > http://www.dragonscalecounters.com > > Seems they have created their own art for many of the > mainstream monsters from Core Rulebook III (monster > manual) and are selling them as counters. My friend > suggests its ok because the names (and the face/reach > stats implied in the counters size) are released under > the gentleman's agreement of the SRD. I say the > artwork is derivative and the names are PI. He > counters that other companies such as Fiery Dragon > have released (and are intending to release more) of > these exact same pieces. Which of us is right and if > what they are doing is not ok, what differentiates > their product from other similiar?
There is *no* PI in the SRD, so the names of creatures in the SRD are just as open as the rest of the document. What they need to be careful of is having artwork that is derivative of the copyrighted material in the MM which is not included in the SRD. If I remember correctly there is little to no actual descriptive text of creatures in the SRD. alec _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
