On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 08:58:35 -0800 (PST)
 Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Crippling OGC causes the re-user to change the name.  This makes it
> impossible for people reading the re-use to have a lot harder
> time tracing the OGL back to its original source, effectively
> severing it from it's origination... which is exactly the
> opposite of the intention of the crippler.

PIing the spell names with a generous reuse license gives the reuser
three options:

1) Comply with the terms of the PI license.
2) Reuse the OGC but come up with a new name for the spell.
3) Skip using the OGC entirely, and either write something similar
himself, or search for something similar elsewhere that doesn't have
any entanglements.

It's only if he picks 2 or 3 that the original publisher's intent is
thwarted. And if his intent was to deliberately cripple the OGC in
order to discourage borrowing of any kind (something that has been
suggested on this list has happened in the past)(although not
necessarily related to this specific case), then 3 would make the
original publisher happy as well.

Spike Y Jones
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