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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kurtomatic" data-source="post: 5188711" data-attributes="member: 85486">LOL, what the hell! One more time, with this time feeling. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />First, there is no such thing as a WotC "fan site policy". Its a complete 'misoverestimation' of the fansite kit. The licensed D&D fankit is nothing more than a public contract; a license agreement that says if you use any of the assets contained in the kit, you also agree to abide by the rules of the license. EN World is undoubtedly a D&D fansite. I'm willing bet lunch money that EN World violates the fansite kit agreement in a multitude of ways, yet Morrus has nothing to worry about from WotC. Since EN World does not use any of the fankit assets, the agreement simply does not apply to the EN World website, and no actual violations exist. In a similar fashion, the official D&D fankit license has absolutely no bearing on iPlay4e or Masterplan for that matter.Extrapolating the public fankit contract as general WotC legal policy is the Path of Fail.Dude, now you're just making stuff up! In the case of the GSL, I believe it only applies to print products, and like the so-called fan policy, does not apply to either app in question, or any D&D application. Also, anyone is allowed to link to the Compendium without a specific legal agreement, since DDI authenticates access to its own data. <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dndinsider/compendium/monster.aspx?id=4256" target="_blank">Just like this, OMG!</a> I just linked super-duper copyright hell right there; no worries since DDI challenges your access rights before revealing the illicit text. /whewRegarding "..its stated fansite policy", please see above.Hilarity ensues! Okay, I have my PHB, a .7mm mechanical pencil, and my favorite Son of Big Chief. I am creating my new 12th level Elf Ranger. I write down all his stats and the names of all his exploits and feats, but I don't write down the full descriptions of all his power rules, because that would seriously cramp my hand and I can just look 'em up in the Compendium anytime I want anyway. Does my handwritten character sheet violate WotC copyright policy? It clearly has content not available in the free Character Builder demo! If I had instead typed it into Notepad, would that be a problem? How about if I manually typed it out with xml tags, <query>would that be okay?</query>The .dnd4e file format was carefully designed by WotC devs to only contain the same class of information that I inscribed on my handwritten sheet. For anything else, it links to the Compendium or the CB's local encrypted database. At no time does any .dnd4e file produced by the official CB contain any unlawful carnal knowledge, whether or not I have ever been or will be a DDI subscriber. I can safely attach the CB file for my 30th level Githzerai Monk to my ENW sig, and no one would care. (Seriously, no one! So sad.)Relax, man; if you think simple character sheets constitute infringement, then you have bigger problems than worrying about Masterplan. Save the tinfoil for your leftovers.tl;drAdmin here. I'm pretty sure you can express your opinion without being rude in the process. Next time please do so; and if this is in any way unclear, PM me after re-reading the Rules. ~ PiratecatSorry, I am out of time and you got real ranty and boring there towards the end. Suffice to say that you have fallen into the trap many wingnuts fall into. You have just barely enough knowledge of certain topics to make you dangerous, and then you attempt to apply that knowledge to other topics about which you are completely unqualified, and insist that only you know what you're talking about.  Of course, it is true only you know what you are talking about, since I can't make heads or tails out that word salad you served up in subsequent paragraphs.In any case, I'm not trying to convince you of anything, since clearly your mind is made up. Just doing my part for any readers who are honestly confused by the DDI.Cheers!</blockquote>

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