<<That phrase doesnt exist in the OGL. That is your
paraphrasing and shortening up of the language. Which,
IMHO, is pretty good support for my position that you
are ignoring other parts of the license, including
language from the definition itself.
>>
It says OGC means X and OGC means Y and OGC means "any work covered by the license, including translations and derivative works, but excluding Product Identity".
It's the equivalent of saying:
OGC means all the following --
1) mechanics that are an enhancement over the prior art, excluding PI; AND
2) thing you clearly identify as OGC; AND
3) any work covered by the license, including translations and derivative works, but excluding PI
All I've really done is keep the meaning the same, but reformat the definition using numbered points.
The phrase "including translations and derivative works" is effectively a subset of "any work covered by the license", so #3 above can readily be simplified to:
"any work covered by the License, but excluding PI".
That's one of the 3 things that OGC means. Now the other two seem, by set theory, to be logical subsets of #3. Even if you disagree that the other two are subsets of the third (and I don't see how you logically can, but I'm open to an explanation), that still means you need to give full weight to #3.
I don't see that I'm engaging in creative cutting and pasting. It seems that the definition of OGC means 3 separate things, one of which I'm querying about. It exists. This seems unambiguous to me. Now what do you think the words mean, Clark?
Lee
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