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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2473228" data-attributes="member: 14159">I don't see a problem with MageCraft or SpaceCraft.  As was said, people might even think you'd be ripping off Blizzard instead with their WarCraft/StarCraft games instead of SpyCraft, SomethingCraft isn't exactly a unique naming style.  If I made a modern-day occult horror game called WitchCraft, would you think I was ripping off Spycraft's name?How is this really any different than the Something & Somethingelse naming convention that many early RPG's had, copying the D&D alliteration and name pattern?How is it really any different than generic store-brand colas with similar-sounding names and very similar packaging, but they are clearly not the same thing?It is not the most friendly, neighborly thing in the world, but I wouldn't call it unethical, or even particularly rude (maybe just a little, but rude certainly isn't the same thing as unethical).  I see it as an example of what can be right with the OGL, the ability to take somebody elses work, expand upon it, and everybody ends up winning in the end.  Furthermore, you're pushing customers to buy Spycraft the same way the d20STL pushes customers to buy the PHB, so you're even potentially making business for them.</blockquote>