> Faustus von Goethe
>
> Hmmmmm.... Thinking very hard about this one. Isn't that like
> implying a RESPONSIBILITY for a work you have "opened"?
Yes, that is exactly what I am saying.
> Isn't something "opened"
> essentially in the public domain (at least within the framework of the
> license)? The original publisher has "cut it loose" STS.
Not at all. The OGL is a binding contract between two people. The owner of
the original copyright, and the owner of the copyright on the derived work.
It is NOT public domain, it is simply indiscriminant to the extent that the
owner of the original copyright need not know who he is entering into the
agreement with.
Now, the original holder can in fact 'cut it loose' and never think about it
again, but unless he gives up his copyright he is still the copyright owner
of that work under the OGL.
-Brad
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