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.
No comments:
Post a Comment