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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1493252" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>That IS how everybody behaves. The problem, throughout history, has always been that everybody doesn't agree on what feels like doing something wrong.</p><p></p><p>This is why we have laws. So that Fred can't force George to adhere to Fred's standards of what is right or wrong -- standards that George has no way of knowing about, has no way of being alerting to changes in, and has no way to predict in what manner will change in the future. A legal agreement allows both parties to understand what is expected of them, what is denied them, and how they can go about changing any conditions they later decide they don't like.</p><p></p><p>Like, say, using the OGL. If you enter into an agreement, why would you expect or demand other people NOT to adhere to the terms of that agreement?</p><p></p><p>If a publisher says, "Please don't publish this online for a few months", people are free to agree or ignore and you may think they are evil or good, but that is an entirely separate issue from the act of releasing something under the OGL. By default, by explicit statement, by reasoned intent, the OGL is meant to make it possible for anyone to distribute content released under its purview in any manner they choose.</p><p></p><p>If a publisher releases a product using the OGL and doesn't say anything to the contrary, then the only safe assumption is that they expect and accept and possibly even hope that their content will be redistributed in any fashion the license allows.</p><p></p><p>Now if they DO say, "Please don't," that may be a different story. But in the absence of such a statement, the only reasonable assumption is that they are using the OGL in full knowledge and acceptance of its terms and conditions. This is what frees us from having to agree on what is right or wrong -- the law tells us, so individual feelings don't enter into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1493252, member: 812"] That IS how everybody behaves. The problem, throughout history, has always been that everybody doesn't agree on what feels like doing something wrong. This is why we have laws. So that Fred can't force George to adhere to Fred's standards of what is right or wrong -- standards that George has no way of knowing about, has no way of being alerting to changes in, and has no way to predict in what manner will change in the future. A legal agreement allows both parties to understand what is expected of them, what is denied them, and how they can go about changing any conditions they later decide they don't like. Like, say, using the OGL. If you enter into an agreement, why would you expect or demand other people NOT to adhere to the terms of that agreement? If a publisher says, "Please don't publish this online for a few months", people are free to agree or ignore and you may think they are evil or good, but that is an entirely separate issue from the act of releasing something under the OGL. By default, by explicit statement, by reasoned intent, the OGL is meant to make it possible for anyone to distribute content released under its purview in any manner they choose. If a publisher releases a product using the OGL and doesn't say anything to the contrary, then the only safe assumption is that they expect and accept and possibly even hope that their content will be redistributed in any fashion the license allows. Now if they DO say, "Please don't," that may be a different story. But in the absence of such a statement, the only reasonable assumption is that they are using the OGL in full knowledge and acceptance of its terms and conditions. This is what frees us from having to agree on what is right or wrong -- the law tells us, so individual feelings don't enter into it. [/QUOTE]
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