On Sunday, Mar 16, 2003, at 11:31 US/Eastern, Doug Meerschaert wrote:
IMNSHO, the license should be revised so that all game rules have to be OGC. But, even if we were using the GPL, someone could theoretically write a seperate program that their GPL'd code sends late-bound results to. (A good example would be an internal client/server setup which is so common in GPL-land, with the server being GPL'd and the client being non-GPL. Of course, this is more trouble than its normally worth... ) This would be equivalent to the loophole that the OGL allows--if you make something wholly new, you don't have to open it.
Be careful when saying this -- it is currently unclear that it is technically possible to do this legally, under the GPL. There is much debate on the topic, with the `resolution' being simply that the FSF isn't likely to pursue anyone standing in the grey areas. the intentions are clear, but the legality is both muddled and untested.
From: Martin L. Shoemaker
At this point, I would find it
wasteful to spend money creating a new license unless I found serious goals
that the OGL and an STL-like license did not cover.
Speaking of software... :-(
chad
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