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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of woodelf
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 2:59 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: 37 questions (was re: [Ogf-l] Re: Possible 
> Formation of Project)
> 
> 
> At 13:31 -0400 8/4/03, Martin L. Shoemaker wrote:
> >  > At 6:00 -0400 8/4/03, Martin L. Shoemaker wrote:
> >>  >
> >>  >* Does the PI ever appear inside material marked as OGC?
> >>
> >>  Why that question?  The whole point of PI is to protect material 
> >> that  appears inside of OGC.
> >
> >That's why the question. If they're claiming PI on something 
> that never 
> >appears inside OGC, that's a strong hint that they missed 
> the point of 
> >PI, and need to do more research. It's not conclusive: 
> someone in legal 
> >might claim something as PI just in case someone in 
> creative, editing, 
> >or proofing dropped the ball and let the term slip into the 
> OGC. But I 
> >think that answering the question leads them to understand PI better.
> 
> Then shouldn't the question be "Does the PI never appear inside 
> material marked as OGC?"  PI that appears both in and out of OGC is 
> inconclusive--it's PI that never appears in OGC that raises a flag.

Well, the list as originally proposed was designed so that "YES" answers
were all good indicators that you were properly licensed. In your version, a
"YES" answer means a pointless PI declaration, which may not make the
license invalid, but does mean the author missed the point of PI.

Martin L. Shoemaker

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