Alas, if only we could find an ancient papyrus with the heiroglyphic of the letter 'd' and the same depiction of the that 20 sided dice on it.. Then we could show prior use and fight the strong fight ;)
Pyramid Master: Entering the tomb, you see 3 large mummies shuffling your way.. what do you do? Player #1: I greet dad and his 2 wives before offering them the golden fruit of Wannabe.. -R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Tassin, Ilium Software" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] Re: Open Gaming Logo > I saw a 20 sided die in the Kelsey Museum of Archeology in Ann Arbor, > Michigan that dates back to ancient egypt. > > Doesn't really further the discussion but its kind of cool though! =) > > - Marc > > At 12:07 PM 2/21/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >Ryan S. Dancey wrote: > > > > > >>You may be confused with patent law; where any evidence of "prior art" de > >>facto kills the ability to patent something. Trademark law (as I > >>mentioned before) is concerned with consumers. So the case you'd have to > >>make in opposition to the d20 System registration is that there are a > >>whole bunch of consumers out there who would become confused if WotC was > >>allowed to register the term "d20 System" and preclude its use by other > >>RPG publishers. I think you'll have a hard time making that argument. > > > >Several posters on Usenet apparently believed WOTC was trying to prevent > >any other game company from using a game system which involved 20 sided dice. > > > >These people also probably believe someone in Nigeria will send them 40 > >millions dollars, but so it goes. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Ogf-l mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l > > _______________________________________________ > Ogf-l mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l > _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
