>From: "Ryan S. Dancey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>From: "Faustus von Goethe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Still waiting for just one valid reason - other than a fetish for rules
>(;>)
> > why OGL is better for free products than the "online use policy"...
[Ryan Said]
>The online use policy is unethical.
Whoa. Ethics. *Very* much in the realm of an opinion, but a *somewhat*
valid one,
However ...
>It does not require you to pass forward the freedoms you received from us
>to
>future users of your work; thus, it is an inherently unfair and unethical
>policy.
... philosophically I agree (to a certain extent) with the sentiment, I have
to disagree emphatically with the execution, as the OGL (through the use of
"closed" portions, "proprietary content" and "shaded boxes") does not FULLY
provide this freedom either.
So the ethical argument, although a very good point, is not 100% valid
(perhaps 20% or 30%) because it presents the OGL as just "the lesser of two
evils" in this respect.
I would, however, be willing to concede the point 100% if the OGL was
written like the GNU License.
Faust
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