From: "Alec A. Burkhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Reginald Cablayan wrote: > > All page 3 says is that AEG has the permission of WotC to use various > material from the SWRPG. Once AEG put such material inside of content > that they have clearly designated as OGC, that material is designated as > OGC, unless it is claimed as PI, or AEG is violating the OGL. Since the > VP/WP system is quite clearly part of what has been designated as OGC by > AEG there are really only two options, turning on whether or not AEG > actually had WotC's permission to make this stuff OGC: > > 1) The VP/WP system is OGC because WotC gave permission to AEG and AEG > clearly designated it as OGC. > > 2) The VP/WP system is not OGC because WotC did not give permission to AEG > - making the whole Spycraft book in violation of the OGL. > > But all of this was discussed months ago, and not having looked at any of > the later works in Spycraft line, I assume it was either fixed or the > elements that AEG is using from SWRPG (including the VP/WP system) can be > considered as valid OGC since WotC hasn't challenged the opening of these > elements.
Actually, Wizards has. Citizen Games had to change their rules material for their SIDEWINDER book because their Body & Vigor system resembles too close to the VP/WP system, at the insistence of Wizards. Wizard still maintain that the VP/WP system is still closed content at this time. AEG knows that, despite the apparent poor wording on page 3 of SPYCRAFT. Wizards gave AEG permission to use VP/WP in their product but not to Open them as OGC. _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
