Re: Rules for submitting licenses for review

w). One > migth even call it "substantial literary expression in the form of > explanation or directions." I would agree the extensive instructions are copyrightable, but the disagreement would center on whether the underlying concepts and ideas (i.e. the actual mechanics) are copyrigh

Re: Rules for submitting licenses for review

anything but clear. I would agree there is no clear legal precedent here, one way or the other. [1] http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html -- Ricardo Gladwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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t I don't think you can copyright the mere recipes themselves. Kind regards... -- Ricardo Gladwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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3f - Open Game License:Frequently Asked Questions. Do a page search of "compatibility". [3] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/ogl.html Kind regards... -- Ricardo Gladwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Rules for submitting licenses for review

On 25/08/05, Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/24/05, Ricardo Gladwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In other words, it discriminates against the legitimate field of > > endeavour of writing games and other works compatible with other > > trademarked w

Re: Rules for submitting licenses for review

On 24/08/05, Ken Arromdee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Raul Miller wrote: > > > The problem is that the GPL says "if you obey this license, you can do > > > these > > > things that you otherwise can't do". > > > The OGL says "if you obey this license, you can do these things t

Re: Rules for submitting licenses for review

olite summary: your charitable interpretation would indeed be correct. I have to admit to being unfamiliar with any internal disagreement within the Debian Group and I had no wish to stir up any old enmities. Kind regards... -- Ricardo Gladwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

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reas, such as non-commercial licenses. -- Ricardo Gladwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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bly that open content cannot be compiled into binaries. > 2) no one at Legal has really looked at the OGL for some time. That is interesting. Kind regards... -- Ricardo Gladwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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using content in software[1] and allows the mixing of copyleft "open" content and "closed" content in a manner similar to the invariant sections in the FDL. Kind regards... -- Ricardo Gladwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1] http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/oglfaq/20040123i

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DFSG: must be rejected from > main > * it's too late to persuade people to relicense: another work is lost > > Maybe we could have talked to her earlier in this process... :-( I was hoping to review the Open Game License[1]. Although not a software license, it has been used in the

Rules for submitting licenses for review

iew just for my own personal interest and even though it is unlikely said license will ever be used in debian free or non-free? TIA... -- Ricardo Gladwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>