RE: [Ogf-l] SRD, Computer Junk, and Going Nuts...

[Brad Thompson]

> Mike Looney
>
> The script driving the web page is no more effected by the license of the
> web page than FrontPage or GoLive would be in a more traditional "static"
> web page.

While it is certainly possible to write a script to process OGC that is not
itself derivative of that OGC, it is by no means a given.  If the OGL
material infects the script code through hard-coded variables or even
potentially through data structures it is possible to create a script that
infringes.  I'm not saying yours is, just that one must be careful in how
they go about doing it.

A great example of this would be the XML DOM and an XML file containing OGC
vs. a C++ DLL for holding d20 System OGC.  The DOM is clearly not infringing
on the OGL material because it knows NOTHING about the objects it is
handling, even though the objects have tag names like 'Race','Class','Feat',
and 'Skill'.  On the other hand, a C++ DLL with classes like
'Race','Class','Feat' and 'Skill' is almost certainly derivative.

-Brad

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