> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alec A. > Burkhardt > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 12:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ogf-l] Section 15 & netbooks (was:Section 15 revisited) > > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Alec, > > > > Just so that I'm sure I understand you. Unless each piece of our "first > > instance" work is individually made publicly available somewhere, then > > people who wish to derive from the OGC contained in our netbooks, they > > would have to use the entirety of the Section 15 from each > netbook derived > > from. Further, each entry in the netbook must contain a > separate line item > > in Section 15, with no collapsing. > > > > Item A, Copyright 2001, Joe Blow > > Item B, Copyright 2001, Joe Blow > > > > instead of > > > > Item A and Item B, Copyright 2001, Joe Blow > > Technically, someone using OGC from your netbook would need to include the > entire copyright notice of your netbook. That's the source they got the > OGC from. They don't have access to the "first instance" source - even > though you're claiming to have given them the exact Section 15 from that > "first instance" publication.
Besides Alec's excellent arguments, let me add two more reasons why I think they have to include the entire Section 15. First, the license requires it. But more important, I think, is the flip side of Alec's example: what if B uses C which is credited at another place in the Section 15? If you only go by the name of the person listed for B, you could potentially lose attribution to C entirely. That's just plain wrong. And like Alec, I think you could solve the whole problem by having a both the combined work AND a separate page for each individual work with its own unique Section 15 in its own copy of the OGL. A little clever Web work could actually turn the whole thing into a giant database that can generate two things on the fly: a combined work, and an individual work with a correct Section 15 for that work. That would even allow more interesting things, such as the ability to browse the works and make a customized combined work on the fly, with all necessary OGC and a correct Section 15 included automatically. (I love making work for other people...) Martin L. Shoemaker Martin L. Shoemaker Consulting, Software Design and UML Training [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.MartinLShoemaker.com http://www.UMLBootCamp.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
