>On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Clark Peterson wrote: >> Why doesnt it seem right? What you agreed to is the >> OGL which specifically states that can be done. > >Because you're agreeing to a contract you didn't read, have no say in the >writing of, and can't withdraw from if you don't like that terms. That >just seems wrong, legally. > >> If you dont want something to be republished that is >> open content in a product that uses a later license >> then you better not publish. I hate to break it to you >> but there is nothing preventing someone from doing >> that. > >There should be, in my opinion. If you release something under version X >of the OGL, that's how you released your work. You didn't release it >under version Y, so no one should have any right to rerelease it under a >different version. I'm not saying they can't, since that's apparently >what the license says, I'm just saying that that's wrong to me.
and you can turn right around and rerelease whatever they release under the WotC OGL version of *your* choice. > > Just out of curiosity, what could be your possible >> objection? > >I have no idea, probably nothing, and I doubt that clause would stop me if >anyone accepted anything I wrote. I was looking for clarification because >a literal reading of that license seemed wrong, legally. Granted all I >know about contract law could fit in this email, but I didn't think you >could bind people to unseen terms with no chance of withdrawal. i think you'll find it's a matter of who is using the contract. my reading of the contract is that it is upon the user of OGC, not the creator. that is, it would be best to think of reusing OGC, rather than releasing it, as the act that is bound by the contract. -- woodelf <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://webpages.charter.net/woodelph/ If any religion is right, maybe they all have to be right. Maybe God doesn't care how you say your prayers, just as long as you say them. --Sinclair _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
