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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 4624275" data-attributes="member: 40359">This is getting into pretty nitpicky details of the license, but a pretty important word in that linked page is "replace". If the GSL can be considered d20 STL version 7, then yes it does update it, and it's officially terminated. However, given the terms in the d20 STL version 6, it's not clear that an entirely new license not called the "d20 System Trademark License" and not numbered "version 7" can be legally considered an "update" to d20 STL v6.And as Brown Jenkin pointed out, your assumptions are what's being questioned. Yes WotC owns the d20 trademark, but, just to be concrete here, when I, Ken Marable, "downloaded the enclosed graphics" years ago, WotC and I formed a legally binding license/contract. I am well within my rights to cry foul if I think WotC is violating the terms of that license. The license isn't just "at whim" because they own the trademarks - WotC is as bound by that license as I am. Pointing out the "termination for breach" clause isn't a claim that they limited their other options, it is just a quick way to point out that the entire license is missing any other termination clauses. Both WotC and I are bound by the terms of d20 STL v6 whether we like it or not until either A) I breach the license, or B) WotC updates it, and there are terms in the license that address what constitutes a license update (Section 9).(Side note - there is no exit strategy for either side in the d20 STL v6. As the licensee, as it stands, I can never technically terminate the license on my side of things. I can only stop using it. But until I breach the contract or WotC updates it to allow me to terminate it, I am bound forever. Insidious, isn't it?)Of course, maybe the lack of the word "perpetual" in Section 2 of the license has a specific meaning in the arcane language of trademark lawyers, but considering there is no set term/time limit in the license, that's hazy as well.</blockquote>

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