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<blockquote data-quote="Spell" data-source="post: 4016762" data-attributes="member: 19718">i get your point, but i think the situation here is a bit different because of SRD. without it, i couldn't publish a d20 book without having written permission from WotC or whoever owns the copyrights. unsurprisingly, there has never been a flood of warhammer supplements on the market... whereas such was the case with D&amp;D, even before the d20 days (remember those old &quot;generic fantasy supplements&quot; books? most of the time &quot;generic&quot; meant &quot;usable with D&amp;D or AD&amp;D with little modification).in addition, while WotC has not laid claim that anything talking about illithid or beholder is owned by them, the terms of the SRD also prevents anyone from using those terms in their works. it is also (obviously) stricly forbidden to publish any book bearing the D&amp;D logo, even if it's just to say that that given book is compatible with the D&amp;D system or &quot;world&quot; (whatever meaning &quot;world&quot; might have here).so, in this sense, while you are not giving away your copyright to WotC every time you create anything that derives from what they have decided is their IP, it's not like you can use your material freely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spell, post: 4016762, member: 19718"] i get your point, but i think the situation here is a bit different because of SRD. without it, i couldn't publish a d20 book without having written permission from WotC or whoever owns the copyrights. unsurprisingly, there has never been a flood of warhammer supplements on the market... whereas such was the case with D&D, even before the d20 days (remember those old "generic fantasy supplements" books? most of the time "generic" meant "usable with D&D or AD&D with little modification). in addition, while WotC has not laid claim that anything talking about illithid or beholder is owned by them, the terms of the SRD also prevents anyone from using those terms in their works. it is also (obviously) stricly forbidden to publish any book bearing the D&D logo, even if it's just to say that that given book is compatible with the D&D system or "world" (whatever meaning "world" might have here). so, in this sense, while you are not giving away your copyright to WotC every time you create anything that derives from what they have decided is their IP, it's not like you can use your material freely. [/QUOTE]

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