>From reading the Modern SRD Legal document (http://www.wizards.com/d20/files/msrdlegal.rtf) it appears that, as everyone is indicating, identifying OGC is required. To me an appropriate place to include this identification would be in the "about" box of the game.
The restrictions on "interactive games" is in the d20 System Guide v3.0 (or STL), which you must follow to comply with the d20 System License version 4.0. It appears that if you don't care about the d20 logo, or claiming compliance with D&D(TM) or Modern(TM) by using their logos you don't need to follow the System License. To use content of the SRD you need to comply with the legal document for it, which is essentially the OGL. The legal document states: "This document provides an interface to the basic rules and materials needed to create content compatible with the modern setting based on the best-selling tabletop RPG system in the world." That is what I want to do, interface with the basic rules and materials. So I follow the legal document, and I find: "7. Use of Product Identity: You agree not to Use any Product Identity, including as an indication as to compatibility, except as expressly licensed in another, independent Agreement with the owner of each element of that Product Identity. ..." And with things like the following being included in PI: "names and descriptions of characters, spells, enchantments, personalities, teams, personas, likenesses and special abilities;" "places, locations, environments, creatures, equipment, magical or supernatural abilities or effects, logos, symbols, or graphic designs" I get a little confused at this point. Does this mean that you can't use the name "Magic Missile"(TM?) without "another, independent Agreement with the owner of each element of that Product Identity"? It does not appear that the STL gives you the license to do so, so what does? At the tops of the different documents in the SRD I see "This material is Open Game Content, and is licensed for public use under the terms of the Open Game License v1.0a." Ok, so now that I've gotten through the whole software issue (resolved by not trying to comply with the d20 System License) I am getting hung up on what is PI and what PI we have the "right" to through OGC/OGL. Any remarks? -jw -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Martin L. Shoemaker Sent: Sunday 08 December 2002 00:20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Ogf-l] video games <trimmed by jwf> And as far as I know, Prometheus is based off the SRD and licensed under the OGL. So you'd still have the problems of how you clearly indicate OGC within compiled code. Martin L. Shoemaker Martin L. Shoemaker Consulting, Software Design and UML Training [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.MartinLShoemaker.com http://www.UMLBootCamp.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.426 / Virus Database: 239 - Release Date: 12/02/2002 _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
