>From: John Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, lizard wrote: > > John Kim wrote: > > > Well, but I can legally use mind flayers in my adventure -- > > > right?? The concept of character copyright is that there exists a > > > large set of creative work which goes into creating a character, not > > > just a name. > > > > "Squid-headed psionic monsters" has a lot fewer antecedents than "space > > knights". If you don't step on WOTC's toes, you'll be stepping on > > Chaosiums. Calling them 'Illithid' really cuts too close. > > Er, but I am *licensed* to use the specific creatures which >are squid-headed monsters with four tentacles around their mouth that >suck out brains. They live underground and are lawful evil, and often >work with Grimlocks, and speak Undercommon (although they prefer to >communicate telepathically), etc. > > All of this is in the SRD. I am not treading on WotC's toes >if I use these creatures, because WotC has sanctioned my use of them >(presuming I comply with the Open Gaming License, of course). The >only issue is what name I give to them.
That was exactly my point. We are licensced to USE the archetype of the "Mind Flayer". Since a NAME or WORD per se cannot be copyright, then the only thing preventing us from calling it an Illithid could be trademark issues. At least that is the way I understood it. Faust _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
