At 9:28 -0400 9/18/02, Marc Tassin, Ilium Software wrote: >I'd say tell them. It's the old "fly is down" thing in my opinion. >Do you avoid telling a friend that his fly is down because it isn't >your place, he might react negatively or you don't want to embarrass >him? Or do you tell him so he doesn't go around all day showing his >skivies. > >Just send a note like you would for any typo..."I noticed that >Mialee, the character from the D&D core books, is listed as Open on ><insert page>. I think she is WOTC PI and thought I'd let you know."
or, rather "I noticed that Mialee...I think she is unreleased intellectual property, not available via the WotC OGL". that's the real reason the iconic characters haven't been claimed as PI--they're not in any OGC (unless WotC has released something besides the D20SRD as OGC, and i missed it). i don't have any WotC books, or i'd check, but i think they may have copyrighted or claimed trademark on the names and/or "distinctive likenesses" of their iconic characters--anybody wanna check the fine print of the PH and find out? -- woodelf <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://webpages.charter.net/woodelph/ The avalanche has already begun. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -- Kosh _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
