"But does "exact" have a legal meaning in contract
law?"

No. But generally words are given their "plain
meaning"

"So you've never seen anything included on a product,
for legal reasons, that didn't look stupid, or inane,
or make you go WTF before?"

You are right. It happens all the time. All I am
saying is that perhaps giving the word "exact" its
plain meaning isnt required since it would lead to an
absurd result and there is a general presumption that
absurd results are not intended.

"Again, you are making an interpretation. That is fine
when it is just your butt on the line. But you are
saying, "go ahead and do this my way, I don't 
think we'll be sued." 

Thats not what I am saying at all. I am saying "do it
this way and I wont allege you have cited the OGC
improperly. See the disclaimer I provide below in the
text.

"Doesn't a contributor of OGC have an obligation to
subsequent users that such OGC will not have any legal
stickiness attached to it?"

No. Thats a problem of using OGC from a source other
than the SRD. You have to make sure they did it right.

Does a contributor have an obligation to do it as well
as possible? Yes. No one can guarantee they are doing
it right since WotC wont preapprove and there are no
decisions in the area. So there isnt ANYONE who can
contribute OGC and guarantee it wont have ANY "legal
stickiness" as you say.

"Should you open your legal advice which isn't legal
advice?"

You need to pay attention to the disclaimer. This is
not legal advice. It is a set of instructions followed
by a promise from us that we wont allege you have
mis-used the OGC. The disclaimer CLEARLY STATES this
is not legal advice.

Clark

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