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

[Kal Lin]

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Ryan S. Dancey wrote:

>You gain essentially >unlimited rights< to copy, modify and distribute Open
>Game Content using the OGL.  How is that "not open"?

The part about giving up rights is not open.  The rest of 
it is wonderful.  I don't want to sound unappreciative and 
I realize there is a long road ahead.  

>Open Gaming is about >GAMES< not trademarks.

I thought it was about publishing for profit *wink*

PI is pretty much all encompassing of anything creative.  I
think many people could have accepted just trademarks.  It 
remains to be seen whether any other projects can successfully 
operate under the OGL (I realize there are not-for-profit efforts).

Happy holidays to everyone.  Especially, Ryan, Clark and anyone
else I've ranted on.

Regards,
--Kal


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