From: "Ryan S. Dancey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> As some of you may be aware, Blizzard has taken issue with the people
> who developed the BNETD server.  Blizzard has just filed a lawsuit
> against the developer and his company.  (Details at
> http://www.eff.org/sc/bnetd/).

[snipped for brevity.]

> This case has the potential to make law that affects the concept of Open
> Gaming.  What Blizzard is essentially saying is that no 3rd party has
> the legal right to replace a part of its game environment, because doing
> so requires de facto infringement of its copyrights, and any system
> designed to do so that was marketed to the public would be a de facto
> trademark infringement as well.
>
> It will be interesting to watch this case.  I hope that Internet Gateway
> has enough cash to take the case to court.

I apologize for the following question but in layman's term: how will this
affect OGL and d20STL? Will this affect only electronics medium, or
pen-n-paper (print) medium as well?

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