You think D&D is to simulationist and then you go ahead and pick... GURPS? I don't think you are going to be happy. Take a look at FATE (www.faterpg.com) or Fudge (www.fudgerpg.com), both free, or Savage Worlds (www.peginc.com), which has some free 'Test Drive' rules.
If you are approved by the US government you are safe (except for the occasional snafu). If you are an independent journalist reporting what really is going on you will likely die
Don't say that so easily. The laws regarding trademarks in Germany are really bogus. And the courts deciding on such issues are usually even more clueless than the US Patent Office when it comes to computers. Germany has a star lawyer who specializes in trademarks, Freiherr Guenther von Gravenreuth. He successfully trademarked the word 'Explorer' in Germany, for an obscure authoring system, and now even Micro$oft pays royalties to the owner. He even successfully sued people that were linking (!) to programs like ftp-explorer for trademark violation. Just now he has successfully trademarked the word 'webspace' in Germany and is sueing every single ISP on behalf of his client. (Well, there is actually a bit more to this, because another firm has claimed older rights for the word webspace and all hell is breaking loose.) As I see it the chances for this holding up in court are rather slim (Linus holding the rights in various countries, them having nothing to do with Linux development) but given the current situation in Germany they are not nil. Another amusing (?) snippet: someone is selling the trademark 'Y2K' on eBay.de.
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You think D&D is to simulationist and then you go ahead and pick ... GURPS? I don't think you are going to be happy. Take a look at FATE (www.faterpg.com) or Fudge (www.fudgerpg.com), both free, or Savage Worlds (www.peginc.com), which has some free 'Test Drive' rules.
If you are approved by the US government you are safe (except for the occasional snafu). If you are an independent journalist reporting what really is going on you will likely die
I cannot seem to reach the site. Has Adobe pulled the plug on them for trademark infringement?
Don't say that so easily. The laws regarding trademarks in Germany are really bogus. And the courts deciding on such issues are usually even more clueless than the US Patent Office when it comes to computers. Germany has a star lawyer who specializes in trademarks, Freiherr Guenther von Gravenreuth. He successfully trademarked the word 'Explorer' in Germany, for an obscure authoring system, and now even Micro$oft pays royalties to the owner. He even successfully sued people that were linking (!) to programs like ftp-explorer for trademark violation. Just now he has successfully trademarked the word 'webspace' in Germany and is sueing every single ISP on behalf of his client. (Well, there is actually a bit more to this, because another firm has claimed older rights for the word webspace and all hell is breaking loose.)
As I see it the chances for this holding up in court are rather slim (Linus holding the rights in various countries, them having nothing to do with Linux development) but given the current situation in Germany they are not nil.
Another amusing (?) snippet: someone is selling the trademark 'Y2K' on eBay.de.