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Originally Posted by justanobody  And I refuse to give control of the English language to WotC, or conform to their ideals of what my IP should be. They control their IP, not mine. They are asking WAY too much for those names and things that are in public domain. |
They can ask for whatever they want. If you don't like it, don't use the
GSL. And it's not that they're asserting some right over public domain terms, as you seem to think. It's just a term of the contract: if you use the contract, you agree to use these terms to mean these specific things, and nothing else, in the product covered by the
GSL.
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Originally Posted by justanobody What you should be giving up is the right to create your own game based on the IP of WotC, that the OGL allowed; but not your right to create anything else for the game just because WotC wants to circumvent your rights to those public domain terms. |
You're free to use those terms any way you like, as long as it's not a product published under the
GSL. No rights are being taken away.
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Originally Posted by justanobody What you have below is a little part of that, but other than the OGL, are you giving up your rights to use those public domain terms in other things just because you have signed this GSL? |
Um, no. Like I said they are not asserting rights over terms like "human". They are requiring you to use the terms in a specific way in a product if you want to use the
GSL. That is all.
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Originally Posted by justanobody That just makes me want to kick someone in the nuts! You are rightfully so to be offended by that section because it is a slap in the face not only to publishers, but consumers as well. |
At least you're thinking about it rationally. Give us a break.
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Originally Posted by justanobody All hail WotC gods of all gaming and bow to their whims. :rolleyes: |
Yes, they really should be letting us use their trademark without us having to give them anything. Really, what are they thinking?
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