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Message: <blockquote data-quote="merton_monk" data-source="post: 409855" data-attributes="member: 4361">code notesHey all - we saw the comments in this thread about our code, so Mynex called Anthony Valterra to discuss it.  Anthony's take was, as Mynex then relayed to me, that as long as the code acts only like a calculator, that they're fine with it.  What that means is that as long as the code doesn't say "Well you get a dexterity bonus of +2 for your dex and an armor bonus of +3 which gives you a total bonus of +5" you're okay.  PCGen's code asks the stats (and there can be a variable number of stats, and none of them might be named "Dexterity"  You could create a stat named Hilda that impacted the AC if you so desired) for its AC modifier, and gets the AC modifier from your equipment, etc. and sums it all up.  It sounds like Wotc is in the process of considering new wordings for the licenses to specifically speak to software issues, which I'm glad to hear.  The licenses were obviously written with printed press type works in mind and they just kind of slapped some software clauses in there - mostly because I don't think that 3 years ago they thought there'd be much in the way of fan generated software.  Now that they've had a lot of contact with various software groups I think they have a pretty good handle on what's causing the most confusion and they know that a lot of people are interested in their clarifications.</blockquote>