[freeroleplay] Re: Game mechanics copyright status on debian-legal
- From: Mark Havenner <laveaux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <freeroleplay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:09:09 -0600
I think you are probably right and since there is no precedence, it will
continue to stay that way. If WotC wanted to sue over this they would have
by now.
However, this discussion has rolled around in my head enough that I make a
point to use my own terms that cannot be connected to WotC in anyway, even
down to the names of some races.
On 8/30/05 8:59 AM, "Ricardo Gladwell" <president@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That was my point as well, but lack of legal precedent and legal action
> is not, apparently, evidence that something is legal. I would argue that
> the industry largely agrees that attributes, hit points, and all the
> other elements we take for granted in RPGs are public domain and not
> copyrightable.
--
Mark Havenner
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe
- The Beatles
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