> R. Hyrum Savage
>
> Just because someone comes along and says "Wow, those are cool rules, *I*
> should have thought of them. Hey wait, I just did, now they're open",
> doesn't give you the right to do so.
Kal is talking about specific kinds of IP, not just whatever he wants to
take. He is specifically talking about material which, in his opinion, is
derived from OGL material and thus is a breach of contract for someone to
close off. I think he would be foolish to follow his proposed course of
action, but I understand his motivation to force everyone to comply with the
license. The problem is that only the original copyright holder has the
right to take action when the license has been violated, no matter how gross
the violation. Anyone else's opinion on whether or not a work is derivative
is totally irrelevant (no matter how accurate it might be).
A document in violation is the last thing in the world you want to become
involved with, you could find yourself in the middle of a battle in which
you have no allies, including the law.
However, in Kal's defense, he has never stated that he would attempt to open
material which was not derivative.
-Brad
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