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<blockquote data-quote="Twin Rose" data-source="post: 285878" data-attributes="member: 2765">Re: Let me step in here pleaseThe hot debate comes in several forms.&nbsp; Usually users from other boards coming onto our support forums and trying to slam us.I entered into a pair licenses, referred to as the D20 Stl and the OGL.&nbsp; These licenses list what is acceptable, and what is unacceptable, for products of any flavor - and include limits on what is not acceptable.&nbsp; They list the rules for inclusion of copyright, and when there is potential breach, the matter is discussed with people at wizards of the coast or within the Open Gaming Foundation to remedy the breach.&nbsp; If it is still not remedied by this 'polite' manner, than it becomes an official warning for 30 days - after which, logos and rights will be terminated.The FAQs you refer to in regards to &quot;Human readable format&quot; apply to the Open Gaming License.&nbsp; Open Content does not mean you can use it however you want - you have to follow the rules.&quot;Hot debates&quot; about Campaign Suite are discussed, worked, and remedied if there is a problem or potential problem.The license any OGL and/or D20 programmer or publisher enters into insures that they are - in fact - legal until found in violation.&nbsp; Not entering into such a license, such as saying, &quot;If anyone has a problem with us, we'll stop, but otherwise we'll keep going&quot; means it's shady ground and someone can accuse you of being illegal, someone else can accuse you of being legal, and noone is really right.Being bound by the license means that there is no threat of anyone losing their intellectual property rights.&nbsp; In intellectual property law, you are bound to actively defend your rights.&nbsp; By not doing so for one person, they can - in fact - lose their rights.&nbsp; The license gives them gaurauntee that they can pull the license at any time, and they can very actively defend it.Last, but not least, the &quot;hot debate&quot; about Twin Rose and DM's Familiar and others has gone under heavy review at Wizard's of the Coast and I've been very active with them in trying to establish the legal bounds of using their mechanics, phrases, and other content in a software product.I think that the comparison here was largely unfair, as you have not entered into any sort of Agreement with Wizards of the Coast, and we maintain our own forums where such debates occur.&nbsp; Whether or not we receive payment for our work, and our professions, is also not in issue.&nbsp; The OGL and D20STL make no such distinction, and WOTC is not a company to say, &quot;You can't make money off of our licenses!&quot;&nbsp; Rather, saying, &quot;You can use our stuff, but use it the way -we- dictate.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Twin Rose, post: 285878, member: 2765"] [b]Re: Let me step in here please[/b] The hot debate comes in several forms. Usually users from other boards coming onto our support forums and trying to slam us. I entered into a pair licenses, referred to as the D20 Stl and the OGL. These licenses list what is acceptable, and what is unacceptable, for products of any flavor - and include limits on what is not acceptable. They list the rules for inclusion of copyright, and when there is potential breach, the matter is discussed with people at wizards of the coast or within the Open Gaming Foundation to remedy the breach. If it is still not remedied by this 'polite' manner, than it becomes an official warning for 30 days - after which, logos and rights will be terminated. The FAQs you refer to in regards to "Human readable format" apply to the Open Gaming License. Open Content does not mean you can use it however you want - you have to follow the rules. "Hot debates" about Campaign Suite are discussed, worked, and remedied if there is a problem or potential problem. The license any OGL and/or D20 programmer or publisher enters into insures that they are - in fact - legal until found in violation. Not entering into such a license, such as saying, "If anyone has a problem with us, we'll stop, but otherwise we'll keep going" means it's shady ground and someone can accuse you of being illegal, someone else can accuse you of being legal, and noone is really right. Being bound by the license means that there is no threat of anyone losing their intellectual property rights. In intellectual property law, you are bound to actively defend your rights. By not doing so for one person, they can - in fact - lose their rights. The license gives them gaurauntee that they can pull the license at any time, and they can very actively defend it. Last, but not least, the "hot debate" about Twin Rose and DM's Familiar and others has gone under heavy review at Wizard's of the Coast and I've been very active with them in trying to establish the legal bounds of using their mechanics, phrases, and other content in a software product. I think that the comparison here was largely unfair, as you have not entered into any sort of Agreement with Wizards of the Coast, and we maintain our own forums where such debates occur. Whether or not we receive payment for our work, and our professions, is also not in issue. The OGL and D20STL make no such distinction, and WOTC is not a company to say, "You can't make money off of our licenses!" Rather, saying, "You can use our stuff, but use it the way -we- dictate." [/QUOTE]

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