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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6163502" data-attributes="member: 42582">I assume that Neonchameleon is not intending to use the GSL. As I posted upthread, the GSL is mostly a trademark licence and I don't think Neonchameleon is wanting to use WotC's trademarks.For both things, especially as money is involved (and contracts with the funding crowd, presumably) I would be getting some sort of legal advice. I hear you know a good contract and IP lawyer, but I don't know if he gives advice or not!My brief take, for what it's worth:(1) I don't see any major issues with respect to this. You are not reproducing any WotC copyrighted text. You are not using their trademarks, presumably - which might cause you some issue around title and promotion, but presumably you have some ideas about how to work around that, OSRIC-style.(2) I would see potentially greater issues with this. I don't know how the Archmage Engine will be related to the 3E and/or 3.5 SRD, but Pelgrane Press can't license you to reproduce text copyrighted by OGL unless that text is also OGL - in which case WotC already offered you the license when they released the SRDs under the OGL.I've discussed an issue related to this with [MENTION=463]S'mon[/MENTION] in the past, in relation to OSRIC. OSRIC makes my antennae go up, but S'mon's antennae are more reliable than mine and I think he thinks OSRIC is probably OK. The bits in OSRIC that stand out the most to me are the reproductions, in the monster section, of the racial numbers appearing, disposition of forces, etc, which is getting close (in my mind) to reproducing WotC's copyright fiction. Presumably you would be reproducing mechanics rather than fiction, and so would be further over on the safe side of the line.In the end, I'm not an IP lawyer and these are just intuitions. You need proper advice.</blockquote>

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