On 8/22/00 10:06 AM, Lizard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote

>However, the OGL imposes restrictions on work. You can't "depublic" a
>work in the public domain, thus, you cannot place a public-domain game
>under the OGL.

Public domain means "fair game":  you can put all the public domain stuff 
you want in a copyrighted work.  I can release a copy of Shakespeare's 
plays under my copyright if I wish.  I just can't do anything about 
people using the public domain material as a primary source, just like I 
did.

-- 
Russ Taylor (http://www.cmc.net/~rtaylor/)
CMC Tech Support Manager

"Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat, never drive a car when you're 
dead" -- Tom Waits

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