From: "Paul W. King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The entire site, or just that sub-directory?
In my opinion, the court will look at the way the information is presented.
If you have a directory with files in it that contain OGL material, the
files themselves are OGL, but the directory is not. This is similar to the
situation of a retailer with a shelf full of products - the "unit" is the
file, not the shelf (so long as it's self-contained).
On the other hand, if you have a website that attempts to present OGC as a
site-related effort, I think there's a good chance that the site itself
could be declared "a work" under the terms of the OGL, in which case the
whole site would have to become OGL compliant.
There are not, obviously, good caselaw precdents for how copyrights will be
applied to web sites. Thus it is a grey area, and the philosphy of the OGL
is to avoid or minimize grey areas wherever possible.
My advice is that if you want to host a significant amount of OGL content on
a web site, split it into a speperate site with a distinct URL and don't
co-mingle it's contents with your primary site.
Ryan
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