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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 49048" data-attributes="member: 2209">When WotC started putting out ESDs I believe they posted on their website that it was OK to convert all old material to 3e and to post the conversion online, just not to post the original material or to resell the original material.I had always thought that the CC was based off of that statement from WotC and the same with Eric Noah's and now EN World's conversion pages.However, that is all separate from the D20 license and the OGL.I'm assuming that the new monsters are going to be d20 and at least their mechanics will be OGC.However, this leaves a coulple of questions about conversion of non-OGC material.Did Necromancer or the people at CC get permission to turn old WotC IP into a d20 product? Similar to Kenzer Co.'s license to use old D&amp;D material to make Hackmaster? Is permission not an issue here? Is the CC going to make all the conversions OGC? The CC seems different from Necromancer's Orcus stats which is inspired by D&amp;D but derived from public domain. The CC is a straight conversion of old IP.Btw, I really like the CC site, nice job.Also, are the creatures that make it into the print book from the site going to still be part of the site and the free download pdf books?Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 49048, member: 2209"] When WotC started putting out ESDs I believe they posted on their website that it was OK to convert all old material to 3e and to post the conversion online, just not to post the original material or to resell the original material. I had always thought that the CC was based off of that statement from WotC and the same with Eric Noah's and now EN World's conversion pages. However, that is all separate from the D20 license and the OGL. I'm assuming that the new monsters are going to be d20 and at least their mechanics will be OGC. However, this leaves a coulple of questions about conversion of non-OGC material. Did Necromancer or the people at CC get permission to turn old WotC IP into a d20 product? Similar to Kenzer Co.'s license to use old D&D material to make Hackmaster? Is permission not an issue here? Is the CC going to make all the conversions OGC? The CC seems different from Necromancer's Orcus stats which is inspired by D&D but derived from public domain. The CC is a straight conversion of old IP. Btw, I really like the CC site, nice job. Also, are the creatures that make it into the print book from the site going to still be part of the site and the free download pdf books? Thanks [/QUOTE]

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