>From: "Faustus von Goethe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Why? What do you, or the OGL community, gain by having a closed,
>>non-distributable FAQ?
>
>Nothing. It is my copyright and my writing. I don't have to "justify"
>ownership. Period.
Legally, no.
Ethics are a different matter--and as this is an "open" community, you
"should" justify anything you "close."
>>IMO, it would be better for you to make your FAQ freely distributable,
>>provided that each distribution contains a link back to your storage area
>>for the most recent FAQ.
>
>A very good but unnecessary and unwieldy idea. Just distribute the link.
Why? It's unweildy for you to place a "You can disribute this if you do
that" line?
If you *DID* do that, I could, for example, copy the FAQ to my laptop, and
then show interested people who I want to sell on some aspect of the OGL.
>Doug - remember when I asked for comments and you sent back two lines. Do
>you even *realize* that your name is on the FAQ too - because I
>incorporated
>YOUR perspectives?
Yes, I do. So is Ryan's. But I merely offered advice, just like I do to
anyone else with an OG project. I didn't have a "real" say in what went
into the FAQ.
You tried to be fair and unbiased, and present all of the points of
view--but it's colorned nonetheness, if only by your company's sponsorship
of the FAQ.
I think a good question to ask at this point is "what would it take to make
the unofficial FAQ the offical one?"
DM
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