The Matrix has you...
I have put D20: Project Dinosaur on hold in order to better understand Dinosaurs. I am enrolled in Dino 101 at Coursera & Alberta University. I recommend this to anyone, the course is free.
I have made another blog. I know, I know. It is an Amateur Archosauria blog. I will start discussion by unbiasd theory analysis. Specifically in the field of paleobiology.
My fiancee' and I are rolling up characters to use for play testing. It is tricky on a phone. This whole project is tricky. Good news though Brian from dontmesswithdinosaurs.com replied to my email and so far so good. I informed him a little more on the end result of the project, to make a free dino bestiary to download. Told him I wasn't interested in money or ads. Asked to put his art in the beastiary for download. Waiting for his next response.
From what I understand a creature found in the real world is Open Game Content. That makes sense. With that being said, I don' t think there will ever be copyright infringement. Even taking a dinosaur from D&D and converting it to d20 Modern, as long as it is not a dino with a name like "King Tyrannus" there is no problem. Besides that you see plenty of fan made campaigns/worlds with various mixes of copyright protected game mechanics and skins. Like Redwall with D&D 3.5 rules, or Halo with GURPS. Neither company ever seems to do anything. D20: Project Dinosaur consists of Open Game Mechanics and real world creatures. The transparency of the processes to "flesh out" or improve existing d20 Modern dinosaurs, will give credit to the owners of any derivitive material, as well as seeking permission for its use, is very important.
