From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] The SRD has been updated!
<< Unless the agreement was documented explicitly to the contrary, however, then it may be inferred that WotC has to give reasonable notice to change products. >> The Gentleperson's Agreement was never formally documented. That would have made it a license; and Wizards takes a lot of time and lawyerly vetting before they issue a license. In other words, making a "formal" Gentleperson's Agreement would have taken the same effort as just releasing the material under the OGL. So NOTHING in the Agreement was "documented explicitly to the contrary"; but I don't think that has any bearing one way or the other on Wizards' ability to revoke the draft material at will, without notice. A court may infer that Wizards has to give reasonable notice. Your attorney may advise you that they have to give reasoanble notice, and may advise you that it's safe to risk the entire costs of a print run (plus ancillary costs) on that inference. But I wouldn't take the advice of this list in that regard. << In that case, people getting ready to go to the printers next week might be OK for their first draft of a product. >> I wouldn't risk it. You can if you like, but I'd check with your lawyer first. It looks to me like you'd be releasing derivative material without a license, period. If it costs you money to hold off at the last minute: well, such have ALWAYS been the known risks of the Gentleperson's Agreement. 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
