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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andre" data-source="post: 2473160" data-attributes="member: 25930">Again, why? Just to be clear, I'm looking at this as a non-publisher, so some things that may seem obvious to you are not to me. Two points here. Obviously, trying to damage another's product is off-limits. So is misrepresenting one's own product as the publisher's. For instance, how many times have we seen a box that looks *almost* identical to Tide or Windex at the dollar stores? Those products are clearly trying to defraud the consumer. But, if a publisher refuses for whatever reason to allow use of its trademark by another publisher, does that mean the other publisher has no recourse to any action which the first publisher dislikes? Does the first publisher get a veto over the product name? Does it get rights to edit the product? Just to be "friendly"? Again, just because someone is first in using a particular naming convention, does that give them ownership - no matter what?Second, while I feel it's correct to communicate with a publisher when seeking to publish their OGC, what if the publisher refuses? Legally, they don't have that right, but many publishers try to do this. If the second publisher goes ahead and uses (legally) the OGC material, who's being "unfriendly" and "unethical" - the first publisher, the second, or both?It just strikes me that this is not a black and white issue. A publisher can act in a manner that seems ethical and considerate to him, which another publisher takes serious exception to. There can be a large number of mitigating factors involved, and asking the entire community (including gamers) to frown on this specific behavior is too broad, IMO. In the end, I'd have to judge a publisher's actions in total - not just this isolated action, especially if I don't have all the facts (and I won't).</blockquote>

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