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<blockquote data-quote="Luke" data-source="post: 315399" data-attributes="member: 602">Re: Re: Re: Re: File type discriminationThere's no problem here.The closest it gets to being a problem for decoding .rac or .chr files is if you misinterpret the datafiles as being software.Apart from that, if people distribute files on the internet, and you download and decode them, that's fine. There's nothing so say that you own a copy of E-Tools, and agreed to the licence contained therein.Is this all there is in the license with E-Tools? I haven't yet had the opportunity of review. Also, what are &quot;unauthorized levels&quot;?In fact (and this one's a real eye opener), these files are being distributed without a mention of authorship, copyright notice, or any license agreement.It's an amazing little fact. When WotC started the OGL/D20 licenses, they pointed out that if you even referred to SRD information in an e-mail, technically you should include a copy of the license - but they weren't going to be that draconian (couldn't help myself ).There are essentially supposed to be only 2 forms of distributing D&amp;D/D20 material. Either it's from WotC, in which case it always has clear author/ownership and copyright markings, or it's from D20/OGL publishers, in which case it must clearly display the WotC license (OGL or D20) under which it's released.So, what they're actually allowing (no wait, encouraging), is the proliferation of their IP without any mark of ownership or copyright. Hello?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Luke, post: 315399, member: 602"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Re: File type discrimination[/b] There's no problem here. The closest it gets to being a problem for decoding .rac or .chr files is if you misinterpret the datafiles as being software. Apart from that, if people distribute files on the internet, and you download and decode them, that's fine. There's nothing so say that you own a copy of E-Tools, and agreed to the licence contained therein. Is this all there is in the license with E-Tools? I haven't yet had the opportunity of review. Also, what are "unauthorized levels"? In fact ([B]and this one's a real eye opener[/B]), these files are being distributed without a mention of authorship, copyright notice, or any license agreement. It's an amazing little fact. When WotC started the OGL/D20 licenses, they pointed out that if you even referred to SRD information in an e-mail, technically you should include a copy of the license - but they weren't going to be that draconian (couldn't help myself ). There are essentially supposed to be only 2 forms of distributing D&D/D20 material. Either it's from WotC, in which case it always has clear author/ownership and copyright markings, or it's from D20/OGL publishers, in which case it must clearly display the WotC license (OGL or D20) under which it's released. So, what they're actually allowing (no wait, encouraging), is the proliferation of their IP without any mark of ownership or copyright. Hello? [/QUOTE]

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