Peter Yes, I have noticed that. I see this email has spawned tons of responses. I havent read them yet. And maybe I am repeating what others have said, but I think that is a shrewd observation on your part.
I spotted the ";" issue some time ago. I think there are several clear typos that when corrected make the definitions section parse out much more sensibly. As a lawyer, I read that type of language very closely and I agree with what you see. Now, I also think the fixes are obvious. I dont think it hinders the license. But I agree it is sloppy. I would not listen to anyone who gives you sh*t for bringing this up. I would, however, state that I dont find the typos to be fatal to the license or to cause undue uncertainty. Clark --- Peter Brink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone (but me :) noticed that the definitions > in section 1 are not all > separated by a ";" as one (I) would expect to be the > norm in English. A, B, C > and E are terminated by a ";"; D and G by a "."; and > F is not properly > terminated at all. Should we assume that this is a > typo? Does it change the > meaning of any of the definitions? > > It's obviously not to the benefit of anyone issuing > an OGL that the license is > so obscure. I mean, we have all the questions > brought up by Lee the other > day, we have "potation" - why in earth does one > include such an obscure term > in a contract of this type, it beats me - and now > this semicolon thing. > > I know for sure that if I issue an OGL here in > Sweden and end up in court (in > Sweden) the unclear language and the other less than > certain points of OGL > would not be to my advantage in the court room. > > Honestly, isn't time to sort all these questions > out, write an FAQ (an > unbiased one...) and help building confidence in the > license? > > > /Peter > _______________________________________________ > Ogf-l mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l ===== http://www.necromancergames.com "3rd Edition Rules, 1st Edition Feel" _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
