On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Brad Thompson wrote:
> 1(e) of the OGL no longer includes software. I hadn't realized it had been
> removed until today. To me, this is a problem.
>
> I would like to see language in the OGL addressing software:
>
> 1) source code, object code, and binary code can be PI
> 2) data tables containing OGC cannot be PI
> 3) all OGC used in software must be distributed in human-readable form along
> with the software
> 4) special guidelines for marking OGC and PI in software
I had asked earlier about the idea of software that generates OGL
material. The software is NOT OGL, it creates OGL material. One of ideas
I had was that a command line switch that would cause the software to
"barf out" the tables used, in more or less human (for values of human
that include DMs :-) ) readable form. I was going to release the software
under the GPL any way, which tends to blur the open/close thing just a
bit. Ryan's general comment was along the lines the idea that "the
_software_ is not OGC, it's _output_ is OGC" is OK. I can dig up that
thread if you want to see it...
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