> And I'm afraid I'm still confused. While this seemed to put some of
> Michael's worries to rest I still have very little idea what's going on. If
> I publish my products as PDFs (which may or may not be software?!?) are they
> automatically considered fully open. If so this puts a gigantic kink in my
> plans.
> I have no intention of releasing anything but pen and paper gaming
> supplements and rules, no CRPGs or even standard software( as I understand
> it) accessories. I do intend to release most of it as electronic or online
> documents. Does this new clause effect me at all?
>
> Once again I apologize for my ignorance but I get lost beyond the most basic
> applications of HTML and DOS when it comes to programming.
If you had asked me that question say, 4 weeks ago, I would have said, of
course, a PDF file is not software, it's just a document file. Then I
had "The Talk" with my legal staff. Either they don't know what they are
talking about when it comes to the various type of computer files or some
one at the FCC doesn't know what _they_ are talking about, or some one in
the Federal government decided that all computer files are "software".
At any rate, as of right now, in my shop, all computer files are
"software" for the legal staff. This has little impact on reality,
execpt I tend to respond, err, oddly, to statements about "software must
<fill in the blank>" with out knowing what is meant by software, because
_I_ don't what software is any more, which, as a computer geek, bothers
me.
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