>I guarantee that there are some people inside WotC who look at >derivative artwork, look at the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent >on reconcepting the core D&D races, the immense number of hours spent by >very talented illustratators doing that work, and the long days of >debate and discussion that went into the overall brand framework within >which that work was done, and want to know why WotC doesn't act >immediately to enforce those rights, to stop those 3rd parties from >gaining, essentially at no cost, the direct benefit for all that work, >and frankly, I don't have much of an answer for them.
are you able[0] to answer this question, then?: is this why the creatures in the MM have such sparse, often incomplete, descriptions? was there a decision at some point to, at least in theory (if practice isn't currently enforcing it), force people to rely on the copyrighted-and-unreleased artwork, rather than the possibly-to-be-released text? >Illustrations reside outside the scope of the SRD (and thus the OGL). >They are not game rules, or materials that use those rules. [0] that is, have both the knowledge, and the willingness/legal right to disclose it -- woodelf <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://webpages.charter.net/woodelph/ If any religion is right, maybe they all have to be right. Maybe God doesn't care how you say your prayers, just as long as you say them. --Sinclair _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
