  Re: Rules for submitting licenses for review  On Saturday 27
August 2005 12:27 pm, Ricardo Gladwell wrote: > > But the text
is an embodiment of the expression of the game... > Is it? If I
take, for example, the experience progression tables from > the
d20 system I can easily determine that they use a simple >
mathematical formula. I can extract this formula and then use to
it > produce my own tables for experience. Clearly, in this
case, the text is > not the embodiment of the game. I would
imagine it depends on what you > define a game mechanic to be.
Sure, there is an underlying mathmatical formula.  And you are
free to use any  mathmatical formula to create charts to your
heart's content.  But the D&D  people chose a particular formula
and have created tangible works of  authorship with that
formula.  When you use their underlying formula to  create your
own new tables, you are copying their expression.  It may not be
"literal copying" but my spidy-sense says a court would quickly
find  "substantial si