Alec A. Burkhardt wrote:
> > Talking about a some system generically as 'free20' or even 'd20' is not > prevented by the fact that WotC is claiming a trademark on 'd20 system'. > What is prevented is someone attempting to market their product under a > mark which infringes on WotC's 'd20 system'. If, as Ryan contends & I > have no reason to disbelieve, no other RPG company uses the term d20 to > market their products, it really doesn't matter that groups of people > generically refer to the products as having a d20 system. Those groups > are free to continue to do so. A good data point is WEG's D6 system. Countless games prior to it have used six-sided dice exlusively. I'm sure people described them as "d6 systems". But WEG has succesfully trademarked "The D6 System", and has created several variants, such as "D6 Prime" and "D6 Legend". If they can do that with d6, WOTC can do it with d20. The difference is, to get Clintonesque for a moment, the difference between "the" and "a". "A d20 system" is any system which uses twenty sided dice. "The d20 system" is the specific system created by WOTC and used in D&D, Star Wars, etc. _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
