At 09:57 PM 1/29/2002, Jeffrey J. Visgaitis wrote:
>Hey guys,
>
>Did anyone check out the Hacklopedia from Hackmaster? I was paging through
>it last night and in it I found the Displacer Beast and the Cloaker which
>look almost identical to the D&D counterparts. Isn't this copyright
>infringement as they are most certainly derived from the classic D&D
>monsters? Unless I'm just stupid and Displacer Beasts and Cloakers are
>public domain.
>
>Thoughts?

Virtually the entire core rules of first and second edition AD&D were 
licensed to KenzerCo. If you look at the Hackmaster's Guide or the 
Hackmaster Player's Handbook, you will see long verbatim passages straight 
from 1st edition AD&D.

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