I'd be surprised if Mongoose even felt you needed to
ask permission to use words that are obviously in the
public domain (and obviously I am only talking about
words and names that are actually in the public
domain).
Matt? Are you still on this list?
Clark
--- Brett Sanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 10:09:15AM -0400, Spike Y
> Jones wrote:
> > Possibly the easiest thing to do: Get in touch
> with Mongoose and get
> > permission to use the terms they claim as PI
> (which would mean
> > reproducing their PI claim for the next person
> down the chain to deal
> > with).
>
> That does, however, create a precedence saying you
> felt you NEEDED such
> permission. That makes me feel icky. ("icky",
> though a bit archaic, is
> a perfectly legit legal term :) )
>
> > (Obviously, this last is something one would only
> do because of some
> > type of moral conviction or philosophical position
> or intellectual
> > position related to the OGL: as a strictly
> business decision it
> > doesn't make much sense.)
>
> Business decisions come in a few categories, among
> them "short term" and
> "long term". Mongoose is unlikely to be malicious,
> but legal
> interactions treat heroes and villains the same, so
> you have to think
> long-term about the situation you are creating.
>
> --
> SwiftOne / Brett Sanger
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