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Re:An Open Letter on the Open Gaming License, to Wizards of ... by markus_zhang on Monday January 09, 2023 @03:08PM (#34315280)
Interesting. Does that mean If I loosely follow the rules (say mages use mana points which change by shape of moons) and don't use the stats (after all it's just a Ultima spinoff), I probably don't need to worry anything about licensing fee? I really don't think it's going to make any meaningful money anyway.
Re:An Open Letter on the Open Gaming License, to Wizards of ... by ajross on Monday January 09, 2023 @05:42PM (#34317496)
The Ultima series itself didn't bother to license D&D, so you're fine. Basic ideas of mechanics can't be copyrighted, and no one ever got a patent on "hit points" et. al.