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Originally Posted by BarakO They can't, without getting a license from you to do so. You created it first, it's your IP and copyright.
The GSL is *not* a viral open license. The original stuff you create is yours, and they can;t use it without your permission. |
a)How can you prove they didn't think of it simulataneously? The license says "You won't sue us if something we come up with looks like something you came up with."
b)You can't copyright a name.
c)You can trademark it, but, odds are, you probably didn't, and even if you did, see 'a'.
While I do not think it is at all likely that
WOTC would 'shut down' competition by hastily adding to defined terms solely to put a book in breach, the terms of the contract DO allow it and there is no option for the other publisher to make editorial changes. Of course, why bother with such folderol?
WOTC can just say "License not yours! Can not have!" to any company they wish, whenver they wish.