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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 2478945" data-attributes="member: 11437">Yeah, and I wish you didn't have to.  This entire argument could have been avoided had the only person with a complaint (PJ-Mason) done any homework at all on the situation.  A brand/logo/trademark is Intellectual Property.  It is not Public Domain.  I recommend that anyone interested in learning more about these concepts use Google or some similar search engine to research what these are and why they exist.Consider the OGL to be roughly equivalent to Public Domain, with the caveat that you must include a legal statement giving credit to those works from whom you have derived material.  A trademark is a completely different entity, which is equivalent to the creator's Intellectual Property.  If you wish to use someone else's Intellectual Property, you must gain permission.  This is a legal area, and may be going well beyond the scope of this thread.Without understanding these basic legal concepts, no additional ground can be gained in this discussion.  Just be aware that no one is keeping you from using anything to which you are entitled.  If you don't want to use the True20 logo, then don't go through the steps to gain permission.  Release your compatible product under the OGL and hope for the best.  I believe that having the True20 logo on your product will boost sales tremendously, and I'm sure that I'm not alone in that belief.</blockquote>