Well you can use d20 logo for software. The difficulty is that you must: 1) Not include rules for chargen (this is a d20 requirement _not_ an OGL requirement. 2) Clearly mark your Open Game Content (OGC) 3) Your software cannot meet the definition of Interactive Game in the d20 license. This definition of Interactive Game says that the software evaluates succes or failure. 4) Anything you mark as OGC cannot have any other restrictions or licenses. For example, if you mark a .dll or .exe as OGC then you cannot have EULA for this file.
PCGen is d20 software. It does this by putting all rules related information (e.g. anything from the SRD or _derived_ from the SRD) in configuration files. This way they can say the config files are OGC, everything else is _not_. I have two programs, Faster Tools and Monster, that are also d20 software. I accomplish compliance by declaring _everything_ as OGC (to include the binary executable) except for images, icons, and company names. Although Faster Tools randomly determines Race, Class(es), Level, Skill Ranks, Feats, and Domains; there is no success or failure when making those choices. Therefore it does _not_ meet the criteria of Interactive Game. Note: I checked my compiler 3rdparty library and control licenses to make sure that the executable I create is in no way restricted by their licenses. *:> Scott ----------------------------------------- http://yoyodyne.virtualave.net/ Yo Yo Dyne Technologies, Your source for D&D Software. Get paid to surf the web! http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=ANY-592 ___________________________________________________________ Get your own Web-based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
