>> "This collection of essays constitutes a compilation.
>> While the compilation as a whole is not covered by the
>> OGL, the text of section 2 constitutes a work which is
>> covered by the OGL. The art in section 2 constitutes
>> a separate work which is not covered by the OGL."
<snip>
>> In that covered work, there will be OGC, and optionally
>> PI, but no uncovered content.
>>
>> OGC is defined as the work covered by the license except
>> that parts declared as PI. That's the definition of OGC.
>> If I have no PI, then the work covered by the license,
>> my text in section 2, must be 100% OGC. Then I have to
>> mark 100% of it as OGC.
<snip>
>> In other words, a book can contain a covered work, without
>> being a covered work itself, and for the covered work,
>> the % OGC + % PI = 100%.
I've only been tangentially following this discussion, but from what I've
read the argument has been: "There is no such thing as 'closed content'"
This definition by Lee, I think is fairly complete in defining that such a
thing exists. The closed content is simply the stuff that is not part of
the "defined/covered work" -- which may or may not be different from what
the US Copyright office usually defines as a "Work."
It's my belief that the OGL clearly defines that a "covered work"
constitutes what has been indicated as OGC/PI and nothing more.
So when you take a book, and declare all stat blocks as OGC, and all names
as PI, you have essentially created a definition of the "covered work" -- a
new, slightly different term of the art, defined by the OGL itself.
The "Work" as defined by US Copyright now contains 3 types of content, OGC,
PI, and stuff not covered by the OGL (ie, closed content).
The "covered work" as defined by the OGL consists solely of the OGC & PI
defined above (stats and names) and is completely mute on the remaining
text, art, etc.
Its my personal belief that is essentially describes what most publisher
believe, if however in a much more complicated manor. Additionally, I don't
think it's necessary to actually indicate what exactly the "covered work"
is, because IMHO it is defined quite clearly as whatever has been marked as
OGC/PI.
Just another 2cents into the penny jar,
--
Mike C.
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