--- Spike Y Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:35:30 -0800 > "Michael Cortez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So, lets say I wanted to create a replacement name that would be > > released as OGC, what methods could I use? > > Taking it a step farther, I tried to think up a new name. Would > > these be considered violating the PI statement? They are > > functionally the same, and use the same "words" -- but are not > > identical: > > > > * Weapon of Shadow > > * Shadow, Weapon of > > These would be fair, but could be seen as tweaking the nose of the > original creator (especially the second, which is arranged > specifically to look like the original). > > Try Shade Sword or Umbral Weapon or Shadow Sword. Seems to me that the nose of the original creator OUGHT to be tweaked. He clearly does not want to abide by the terms of the OGL which is to allow things to be reused. IMO go ahead and call it "Weapon of Shadow" and tweak away. He's being a jerk by trying to prevent you from reusing his open content freely, and deserves it. ===== **************************************************************** "Let me be clear: Analysts differed on several important aspects of these programs and those debates were spelled out in the [national intelligence] estimate [of october 2002]. They never said there was an imminent threat. " -- CIA director George Tenet, 2/5/2004, Georgetown University **************************************************************** ""Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. . . . The terrorists could fulfill their stated ambitions and kill thousands or hundreds of thousands of innocent people in our country or any other." -- "President" George Bush, 3/17/2003, 48-hour warning to Saddam Hussein **************************************************************** __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
