Now that the list is working I thought I would send this again. FYI, this is old and the M&M people have already made some changes, but I still want to bring the issue up for discussion because the answers are not obvious to me. So, here was my original post that never made it through: In a message dated 06/29/2001 9:45:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, MaggieVining writes: > http://mallsandmorons.50megs.com/ > > I think this is a very clever idea but I do have a question about the fact > that Mr. Cooper made the Celebrity (a type of NPC class for M&M) name "Eric > Noah" into open content. On one hand it is a parody, but the fact that he is > using the OGL revokes the rights normally given to someone doing a parody, > correct? > > I felt like Mr. Cooper did a great job of sectioning off the OGC but this > clause on his legal page confused me: > > "All other content and Malls & Morons "product identity" may be reproduced, > as an unaltered whole, for personal use only. Any other use of the contents > of this site requires the written permission of Orion D. Cooper. " > > For the most part that makes sense but the way it is worded makes me wonder > if he is also referring to PI that is also open content. I think I'm seeing > the concept of "PI" being interpreted in several different ways in the open > gaming network. Or I could just be getting confused again. > > Maggie
http://mallsandmorons.50megs.com/ I think this is a very clever idea but I do have a question about the fact that Mr. Cooper made the Celebrity (a type of NPC class for M&M) name "Eric Noah" into open content. On one hand it is a parody, but the fact that he is using the OGL revokes the rights normally given to someone doing a parody, correct? I felt like Mr. Cooper did a great job of sectioning off the OGC but this clause on his legal page confused me: "All other content and Malls & Morons "product identity" may be reproduced, as an unaltered whole, for personal use only. Any other use of the contents of this site requires the written permission of Orion D. Cooper. " For the most part that makes sense but the way it is worded makes me wonder if he is also referring to PI that is also open content. I think I'm seeing the concept of "PI" being interpreted in several different ways in the open gaming network. Or I could just be getting confused again. Maggie
