"Quality Standards" in the d20 System Guide

[Monster Manuel]

There goes my Year. I guess 'Nipples and Nookie' will have to be put out under the OGL.

 

[trancejeremy]

Maybe WOTC/Hasbro just wants to corner the d20 porn market? Maybe they're going to buy up Penthouse...

Think about it - when they were going to get into minis, what did they do? They changed the d20 STL to prohibit minis. This could be the same thing...

 

[jmucchiello]

Maybe WOTC/Hasbro just wants to corner the d20 porn market? Maybe they're going to buy up Penthouse...

Think about it - when they were going to get into minis, what did they do? They changed the d20 STL to prohibit minis. This could be the same thing...

Hot elf porn. These "girls" are under 100 years old!! Shaved Dwarven Women!! Now with d20 stats.

With apologies to Eric's Grandma.

 

[jgbrowning]

Hot elf porn. These "girls" are under 100 years old!! Shaved Dwarven Women!! Now with d20 stats.

With apologies to Eric's Grandma.

ROFL!

joe b.

 

[HellHound]

Yep...pure bull actually. They release the BoVD, then try and make it where other companies can't release similar products. I'll have to contact my lawyer about this and see if there is anything I can do to get around it.

Easy Shawn, just don't publish using their license.

For years no publisher had to worry about urles like this created by other publishers. Now, if you want to focus on such themes, you have to do so outside of the d20 license.

The goal in this change is to get rid of the DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS that appears in LARGE print on the cover of the Book of Erotic Fantasy. As long as the book is published under the d20 license, Valar Project -HAS- to state that it

requires the use of the
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
Player's Handbook, Third Edition,
published by Wizards of the Coast

which they do QUITE prominently on the cover. By pulling the d20 license support, Valar can no longer publish the BOEF under the d20 license (but can do so under the OGL), and thus cannot include this discalimer at the top of the product.

 

[MEG Hal]

This part is scary, also from the new d20 license:

5. Termination for Breach

In the event that You fail to comply with the terms of this License or the d20 System Guide, You will be considered to be in breach of this License. Wizards of the Coast will attempt to notify you in writing by sending a letter to the address listed on the most recent Confirmation Card on file, if any. You will have 30 days from the date of the notice (the "cure period") to cure the breach to the satisfaction of Wizards of the Coast. If no Confirmation Card is on file, you will be considered to be in breach of this License immediately. If, at the end of the cure period, the breach is not cured, Wizards of the Coast may terminate this License without further written notice to You.



6. Effects of Termination

Upon termination, You shall immediately stop all use of the Licensed Articles and will destroy any inventory or marketing material in Your possession bearing the d20 System trademark logos. You will remove any use of the d20 System trademark logos from your advertising, web site, letterhead, or any other use. You must instruct any company or individual that You are or become aware of who is in possession of any materials distributed by You bearing the d20 System trademark logos to destroy those materials. You will solely bear any costs related to carrying out this term of the License.

7. Penalty for Failure to Comply with Termination Instructions

If You fail to comply with the Effects of Termination, Wizards of the Coast may, at its option, pursue litigation, for which You shall be responsible for all legal costs, against You to the full extent of the law for breach of contract, copyright and trademark infringement, damages and any other remedy available.

 

[Maraxle]

The goal in this change is to get rid of the DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS that appears in LARGE print on the cover of the Book of Erotic Fantasy. As long as the book is published under the d20 license, Valar Project -HAS- to state that it

requires the use of the
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
Player's Handbook, Third Edition,
published by Wizards of the Coast

which they do QUITE prominently on the cover. By pulling the d20 license support, Valar can no longer publish the BOEF under the d20 license (but can do so under the OGL), and thus cannot include this discalimer at the top of the product.

There's another change to the license that says that you can't put that statement in a font size larger than 12 point or smaller than 10 point...

 

[MythosaAkira]

This part is scary, also from the new d20 license:

5. Termination for Breach
etc.

How is this different from earlier licenses? I'm looking at version 3 right now, and items 6 and 7 are exactly the same. 4 and 5 in version 3 have been merged into 5 in the latest d20 license, but otherwise it says the same thing.

 

[MEG Hal]

How is this different from earlier licenses? I'm looking at version 3 right now, and items 6 and 7 are exactly the same. 4 and 5 in version 3 have been merged into 5 in the latest d20 license, but otherwise it says the same thing.

Add in the morality clause and that it may be retroactive...many a book may be pulled depending on what they feel is against the new clause, I guess I was not clear to take issue 1 add this in it and you have the potential for some bad mojo

Sorry, does that clarify my thinking?

 

[Varianor Abroad]

This part is scary, also from the new d20 license:
....
7. Penalty for Failure to Comply with Termination Instructions

If You fail to comply with the Effects of Termination, Wizards of the Coast may, at its option, pursue litigation, for which You shall be responsible for all legal costs, against You to the full extent of the law for breach of contract, copyright and trademark infringement, damages and any other remedy available.

Interesting. This may well be against public policy in many jurisdictions. I'm not advocating that anyone test it though. Nor am I a lawyer. Most GL policies don't cover these sorts of allegations, so it will be expensive to defend even if you don't have to pay WotC if they allege a problem.