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Actually that is what I'm complaining about. The only reason it worked is that the OGC owner did not enforce their license.> The "everything derived" designation is becoming a > de-facto fallback for > either a) lazy publishers, or b) publishers that > want to ensure that nobody > ever reuses their material.Part of that is my fault, but you are overlooking I think the most important dynamic here. It isnt that people are lazy or are trying to prevent reuse. They are using what they see has worked.
If I recall correctly, SSS introduced the CONCEPT of a catch all definition but ONLY as a filler - i.e. to say "and everything else that we might have missed ..."
I don't think that that was in any way an unclear designation.
But the first book that came out where their entire OGC designation was "everything derived from OGC is OGC" should have received a "cease and desist notice". It is such an obviously unclear designation that there is really no debate.
The fact that they didn't - and it was WotC that dropped the ball - set a precedent for this type of designation.
I guess the question is - is it too late? If the defacto standard has now become "everything derived" then I am going to accept that and run with it.
But that means the concept of reuse is essentially dead.
Faust
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