On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 18:31:59 +0000 Rob Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I try to copy/derive from/distribute something that isn't mine > to do so, it's not legal anyway. > > Does section 5 simply make this explicit to people (which is still > a good thing, as many people don't seem to get it), or does it have > a *legal* effect on their position if they are found to be in > breach of copyright/trademark?
The legal effect is that they wouldn't be able to use the OGL as some kind of shield for their violation. "Yes, your honour, normally it would be a copyright violation to copy text straight from a Palladium book and print it in my book, but since I declared it Open Content, it's okay, right?" Spike _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
