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<blockquote data-quote="Scribble" data-source="post: 5927014" data-attributes="member: 23977"><p>The agreement does not- it doesn't have to. It's a legal term meaning profit.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You are getting MORE legal. You are looking at it in terms of a contract, not an agreement. They're leading and.. well you're off somewhere doing the robot or something. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not a big deal- you are just making a contract out of an agreement that's all (in the actual world with actual words.)</p><p></p><p>Contracts are heavily spelled out with exactly what you can and cannot do. For instance I am under contract on a house. Part of that contract says I can get a home inspection within 10 days. I can opt out of the contract if the roof is leaking and the owner refuses to fix it. I CANNOT opt out if it's just an old roof. If I do- I loose my 5 grand I put in escrow AND he can choose to sue me because I kept his house off the market.</p><p></p><p>All of that is perfectly spelled out in the document. It's a binding legal contract. Should either party fail to meet their obligations there are legal consequences involving lawyers and judges and stuff spelled out in the document.</p><p></p><p>This thing is an agreement, so it's very general because there are no judges and court rooms and such involved. Just WoTC saying don't do this stuff for profit or we'll kick you out of the playtest.</p><p></p><p>They're being purposefully vague because they want you to use the material, they just don't want you to use it to make a profit, or hinder them in some way. </p><p></p><p>As for the specifics, technically it would probably be a "violation" of the OPTA if you were to post your new monster stats or soemthing on this board because it would kind of make Morrus a profit (or the potential for profit).</p><p></p><p>Will they enforce that? Anyone's guess is as good as mine. My guess though is they will not. (But if you do a bunch of other stuff that pisses them off they might use it as another example of you being a dick.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scribble, post: 5927014, member: 23977"] The agreement does not- it doesn't have to. It's a legal term meaning profit. You are getting MORE legal. You are looking at it in terms of a contract, not an agreement. They're leading and.. well you're off somewhere doing the robot or something. :P It's not a big deal- you are just making a contract out of an agreement that's all (in the actual world with actual words.) Contracts are heavily spelled out with exactly what you can and cannot do. For instance I am under contract on a house. Part of that contract says I can get a home inspection within 10 days. I can opt out of the contract if the roof is leaking and the owner refuses to fix it. I CANNOT opt out if it's just an old roof. If I do- I loose my 5 grand I put in escrow AND he can choose to sue me because I kept his house off the market. All of that is perfectly spelled out in the document. It's a binding legal contract. Should either party fail to meet their obligations there are legal consequences involving lawyers and judges and stuff spelled out in the document. This thing is an agreement, so it's very general because there are no judges and court rooms and such involved. Just WoTC saying don't do this stuff for profit or we'll kick you out of the playtest. They're being purposefully vague because they want you to use the material, they just don't want you to use it to make a profit, or hinder them in some way. As for the specifics, technically it would probably be a "violation" of the OPTA if you were to post your new monster stats or soemthing on this board because it would kind of make Morrus a profit (or the potential for profit). Will they enforce that? Anyone's guess is as good as mine. My guess though is they will not. (But if you do a bunch of other stuff that pisses them off they might use it as another example of you being a dick.) [/QUOTE]
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