On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Faustus von Goethe wrote:
> >From: John Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Faustus von Goethe wrote:
> > > But - to move to the OGL a FAN product MUST
> > > 1. Remove all other non-OGL copyright material.
> > > 2. Remove all references to others' trademarks.
> > >
> > > To "extract" FAN copyright material from a FAN based work, the FAN must:
> > > 1. remove all non-open copyright material.
> > > 2. Remove all references to others' trademarks.
> >
> >This is not true. Copyright law allows a certain amount of
> >"fair use" of material copyrighted by other authors. Trademark
> >law allows much more freedom:
[...]
> Respectfully, you are incorrect, sir. I agree with your assessment of the
> law regarding trademarks and copyrights, but the OGL intentionally is more
> restrictive than the law in this regard.
I realize that. I guess I misread what you meant by
extracting FAN copyright material. Upon re-reading, I guess you
meant that this is extracting for the purpose of putting into
an OGL document. This being the case, I agree with you completely.
Sorry about the confusion.
- John
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