Catalyst couldn't join ORC even if they wanted to. They don't actually own BattleTech or Shadowrun, they just run the games on license from Topps/Fanatics.
I'm well aware of their twitter responses. I responded to them on the post for the actual episode. Same handle as on here.
I want to emphasize that this is unusual behavior for them.
I'm a regular listener of this podcast, so their poor take on the situation left me cold. However, they are regularly willing to admit when they are wrong, so I hope they talk to someone, or someone talks to them, who knows better about the OGL and its history.
I'm a regular listen to OA, and I usually agree with their takes, but I'm not a fan of how they've been responding to this on twitter. But I'm going to listen to their friday show and judge for myself, we'll see.