On Tuesday 23 August 2005 12:09 pm, Dave Hornford wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 06:09:36PM +0100, Ricardo Gladwell wrote: > >>>1) they consider the OGL to be similar to "how Linux is licensed". > >> > >>I think this is a dubious claim > > I think is speaks more to a light understanding of how Linux is licenced > and the OGL structured than anything else. If your understanding of free > is focused on whether or not there is a requirement for a cash > transaction then the stated belief makes sense. In my experience, when > free/open licencing is considered outside our community that is the > depth of understanding at the table.
Gotta agree here. The Legal team at Wizards were a nice bunch and knew quite a bit... but advanced copyrights and how people are using them in things like FOSS was certainly not one of them. I really think they were under the impression that since WoTC didn't get any money and people were free to share things with others that it was "linux-like". -Sean -- Sean Kellogg 3rd Year - University of Washington School of Law Graduate & Professional Student Senate Treasurer UW Service & Activities Committee Interim Chair w: http://www.probonogeek.org So, let go ...Jump in ...Oh well, what you waiting for? ...it's all right ...'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
