Re: [Open_Gaming] OGL vs Uncle Sam--ugh!

[Githianki]

Clark, I think computer people are also used to cut and dried logic.  Legal language often has multiple meanings if read as a normal person would, but has specific meaning to a lawyer who is used to the specific terms of art and language constructions lawyers use. Once a lawyer I think people start to forget how to look at language any other way, which is why people so often comment on "sounds like a lawyer" or "only a lawyer would see it that way".   Perhaps a flaw of the OGL is that it isn't clear enough for non-lawyers.   People do need to be able to understand what they are agreeing to after all.   Just a thought. :) -Alex Silva