[freeroleplay] Re: [Fwd: Free-Content Licensing of FUDGE]
- From: Ricardo Gladwell <president@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: freeroleplay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 17:02:28 +0000
Jerry Stratton wrote:
>>Dear Sir or Madam,
>
> Find out who the hell you're writing to.
Unfortunately, I don't really know who I am writing to: on the contact
us page there is only a link to "ghostgames@xxxxxxxxxxxx". Any
suggestions for finding out or a better introduction?
>>We would like to point out that there are concerns with the OGL, and
>>licenses like it. Please see here:
>>
>>http://www.freeroleplay.org/faq.php#OGL
>
> I agree with the others; this would be a good place to put "for example,
> the OGL requires you to sign on to limitations to your own work which you
> otherwise would not have to agree to, such as a definition of "Product
> Identity" that serves mainly to close off re-use of terminology from
> downriver products--including re-use by original contributors such as Grey
> Ghost Games.
>
> Other problem:
>
> The OGL allows others to use your work while keeping all portions original
> to them closed.
>
> The OGL appears mainly to have been designed to allow closed-work
> providers to benefit from OGL products.
>
> (Note, make sure I'm not wrong about the above three. You can and should
> point them to further information about confusing aspects of the OGL, but
> in the letter everything should be certain.)
Thanks for this: will add to draft and re-send to the list for further
review.
>>If you have not done so already, we would like to reconsider.
>
> I assume you meant "we would like you to reconsider";
Ta :)
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Ricardo Gladwell
President, Free Roleplaying Community
http://www.freeroleplay.org/
president@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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