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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orcus" data-source="post: 5575709" data-attributes="member: 1254">Hope you guys enjoy these. I also did draft a proposed "Gentleperson's agreement" but it, too, was never used.ClarkFor your reference, here it is:4th Edition Gentleperson’s AgreementYou have been/are being provided with an advance copy of a draft of the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules (“advance rules”) pursuant to the attached Non-disclosure Agreement (“NDA”). Similarly, the terms of this Gentleperson’s Agreement (“Agreement”) are covered by the NDA and may not be disclosed except as required below.Consideration: You agree to be bound by this Agreement in consideration for being able to view and advance copy of the Dungeons & Dragons rules. Use: You may use these advance rules to prepare products under the Open Game License (“OGL”) and d20 System Trademark License (“d20 STL”) for anticipated publication (“products”). However, any content contained in these advance rules you use in your products which does not otherwise appear in the current System Reference Document (“SRD”) is not Open Game Content and is used with permission as set forth below. Revocation: The permission to use content from the advance rules in products expires on the creation and dissemination of a new SRD for the new Dungeons & Dragons rules, at which time all use of content from the advance rules must cease. Any reprinting of products using content from the advance rules must be revised to comply with the SRD and may not use content from the advance rules. Publishing products under the advance rules does not grant any right to continue to use such content, even in reprints, once the new SRD is available. Permission may also be revoked by Wizards of the Coast or its representatives at any time by the posting of said revocation on the wizards.com/d&d web site or by sending you notice of revocation of this agreement by the same manner and means by which said advance rules were provided to you, including notification by email. We do not warrant that said advance rules will match the final published version of the Dungeons and Dragons rules. The permission granted herein is fully revocable and no interest or reliance should reasonably be created in any person or entity receiving said advanced rules. We reserve the right at any time to revoke this permission either on an individual, company-by-company or global basis. You are on notice and you assume all risk that permission may be revoked at any time and your products using said advance rules may never be allowed to be published. Wizards of the Coast is not responsible in any way for any financial loss you may suffer as a result of the revocation of the permission contained in this Agreement.Release Date Restriction: Additionally, you agree that no products created using content from or derived from the advanced rules may be released or disseminated by you in any way or in any medium prior to the official launch date for the Dungeons and Dragons rules or a date set later by Wizards of the Coast, whichever is later.Specific Limitations: You may refer to all content from the advance rules in your products with the following additional limitations: 1. You may not refer to setting names or content from previously published products by Wizards of the Coast or TSR Games, Inc., that may be contained or referenced in the advance rules except for such content that may appear in the name of spells, feats or other abilities or the names of monsters or magic items. 2. You may not refer to the names of any non-player or iconic characters contained in or referred to in the advance rules. 3. You may not use or refer to any of the art contained in the advance rules. 4. You may refer to the titles of the advance rules, namely “Players’ Handbook,” “Monster Manual” and “Dungeon Master’s Guide,” though you must indicate in your products that said names are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast and are used with permission and no challenge to said marks are intended. You may provide section names and numbers to said book titles but you may not refer to page numbers at this time as the pagination of the advance rules may change on publication. You may not refer at this time to the titles of any other products published or anticipated to be published by Wizards of the Coast. 5. You must indicate on your product that “This product requires the use of the new 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook published by Wizards of the Coast.” [6. Any other restriction that seems appropriate]Compliance with OGL and d20 STL: Except as provided in this agreement, you must otherwise comply with the terms of both the OGL and the d20 STL. You may not create “OGL-only” products which do not use the d20 STL when creating products under this Gentleperson’s Agreement. Breach: You agree that in addition to any other damages or causes of action Wizards of the Coast may have against you as a result of misuse of said advance content or breach of this agreement that you and/or your company at the sole discretion of Wizards of the Coast will be considered to be in breach of the Open Game License and d20 STL and will forfeit forever the ability to use said licenses. Notice of Use of Advance Rules Content: Any products created using these advance rules must contain the following notice following but accompanying the Section 15 designation of said product:“Notice—Use of Content from Advance Rules: This product was created using advance draft copies of the rules of the Dungeons and Dragons game. Any content from the Dungeons and Dragons game contained herein and not otherwise contained in the System Reference Document is used by permission and is not Open Game Content. Any failure in the designation of Open Game Content to protect this content does not cause such content to become Open Game Content. Said content is used with permission of Wizards of the Coast subject to revocation.”===As you can see, this early draft refers to the d20 STL, because I had no idea what was or wasn't in 4E at the time. I drafted a different proposed Gentleperson's agreement once I submitted my second letter, above, which references a D&D trademark license. I can't seem to find that letter, though.</blockquote>

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