RE: [Open_Gaming] Proposed Change to License

[J. Michael Looney]

On Sun, 21 May 2000, Ron Bedison wrote:

> On Sun, 21 May 2000, Brad Thompson wrote:
> > I think the confusion is mostly illusionary.  While data files
> > can be considered software, the GPL doesn't talk about
> > software, it talks about programs.  It would be very hard to
> > classify a PDF file as a program.
> 
>       Not really.  PDF files _are_ programs, designed to run in
> an interpreted environment.  Their nature is descriptive, but
> they do so in a manner best described as program code.
> 
>       Not that this diminishes your point.  The difference is
> intent, and PDF files aren't "programs" in a way in which the
> spirit of the GPL intends.
> 

I'm not worried about spirit, I'm worried about letter.  There are some
big companies in this loop, and they may or may not be dedicated to the
_spirit_ of the open source movement, of which the OGL is part.


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