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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fester" data-source="post: 4280727" data-attributes="member: 14945">Okay, here's some points I can make even before I download it (which I won't):1) It is illegal to modify the d20 trademark in any way - a trademark owned by WotC and which can be used only under the d20 License.  You are clearly in breach of this.2) You cannot claim compatibility with 'Dungeons & Dragons' unless done so under the terms of the d20 License.  Again, you are clearly in breach of this since the license clearly sets out the parameters under which you can declare compatibility and supplies the exact - that is, exact - phrases you can use.3) Under the license, you cannot claim compatibility with any company without their permission.  Again, I would suggest you are in breach of this, since I doubt Wizard's of the Coast have given you permission to use their trademark.4) By accepting the rights granted by the d20 License, you also accept the terms of the OGL.  Therefore, the OGL cannot be used with another license and cannot be changed in any way.  You cannot, therefore, release a product both under the d20 License (and by definition the OGL) and the Creative Commons License at the same time.Really, did you even bother to actually read any of the Licenses you are using?  Does this product contain a correctly modified version of the OGL?  Have you even heard of the SRD?  It is partly because of clear breaches like this that has led WotC to redifine the GSL as a more restrictive license, and who can blame them when people release material under their trademark without any attempt to adhere to the license you have agreed to by using it.What this clearly tells me is that your product is not worth downloading.  Since you clearly do not have the wherewithall  to understand the rights granted to you by the Licenses you have agreed to, I doubt very much that the inside text applies them either.And just as a final note: most publishers - fan based or otherwise - work hard to ensure the licenses are adhered to in order to maintain the goodwill of WotC and show that Open Gaming is a good idea.  You clearly feel that you have the right to use other people's trademarks and material as you wish, which is contemptuous both to all those that use the licenses and to those that grant them.</blockquote>

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