From: "Justin Bacon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > It's a good idea, if for no other reason that if someone uses your > > OGC the have all the sources there and don't end up getting in > > trouble, and likely developing an unfavorable opinion of you, > > because you didn't cite all your background sources in that > > particular product's Section 15. > > Don't be silly, Steve. > > Product A from Company Y (original material) > Product B from Company Y (using material from Product A) > Product C from Company Z (using material from Product B) > > Assuming that C uses nothing but OGC material from Product B, and > Product B does not include Product A in its Section 15, then there > is no reason why Product C would need to include Product A in their > Section 15: They didn't use OGC from Product A, they only used OGC > from Product B. > > Now, if they used OGC material from Product A that wasn't OGC > material in Product B, they would need to include Product A in their > Section 15. But if they did this, then they would know about Product > A (since that's where they're getting the OGC from).
There is one problem. How does a publisher or writer for Product C distinguish which OGC from Product B is derived or reprinted from Product A? Personally, that is too much homework to deal with for both the writer of Product C and the publisher of Products A & B (assuming he must now declare which OGC is original or derived from Product A when publishing Product B)? _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
