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Yep. This is where something like the old d20 System Trademark License could easily be used by transferring the right to use a Creator Content Badge to a 2nd license layered over the OGL 1.2 which would contain a morality clause. This way, those who are indicating the highest level of...

I suspect that it goes to court and (probably) WotC loses. joe b.

This is my take as well. IMO, the only change that happened was the alignment of the presentation of the changes. It went from Stupid Evil to Clever Evil. joe b.

I wouldn't go as far as nightmare, but it definitely would require extra effort and deliberate forethought on how to silo materials clearly before entering into the work. joe b.

Dear company that just screwed over everyone that they had previously not been screwing over, may we suggest sir that you create a new thing that prevents you from doing what you're doing now in the future? joe :ROFLMAO: b.

This is even more hilariously disconnected with reality than your previous statements. WotC is taking a license that has functioned for 23 and deciding it's not irrevocable and unalterable and the community can all just come together now to combat them to make a new license that stops them from...

Because you know, advertising, and stuff. :ROFLMAO: joe b.

To use myself again only as an example, I thusly have OGC material released gratuitously under the 1.0a (a non-WotC, non-prior-any-other-3PP-OGC-derived stand-alone game) and material that is a contractually required offer (such as an adventure module based on the 3.5 SRD) under the 1.0a. The...

So to be clear, yes, any 3PP can say "you can't use my copyrighted material that I released as OGC" because all such offers are gratuitously-made. This seems very contrary to how OGC and the OGL have been understood for two decades. That once material was made OGC by the copyright holder of...

My apologies, that was not my intent. I was merely using my company as a placeholder for any company (other that WotC) who have produced OGC via the OGL. joe b.

Is it clear? (not being snarky) Once material has been released as Open Game Content via the 1.0a license, where in the license does it say that such content can be "unreleased" from all of the restrictions and freedoms the license grants on the Open Game Content? And if that is the case, if...

The consideration issue is key, looks like. joe b.

That was about sub-licensing. What I'm referring to now is direct licenses. I'm referring to the fact that WotC cannot choose to legacy authorize one part of the license with party A (the right to use Open Game Content in party A's Product X) while also not also authorizing the different part of...

I'm very interested in how they plan to say that legacy products are considered licensed via the 1.0a but not licensed enough to allow for new content to be created from them. Which the 1.0a, which they just said is considered an authorized license for legacy products, is what those products...

Then let them filter them out. The best result for everyone involved would be if huge numbers of people responded and every single person that responded bombed the survey with a 1 star review equivalent. What they are looking for is precisely where are the chinks in the armor where they can...

Yes, it is only the legalese which can be understood in any meaningful way. All other communication is comparatively unimportant. However, what I expect is that the legalease in the 2.0 document to, sadly, not actually answer the question regarding the mechanism in which legacy products are...

I'm not so sure. If additional new derivative material cannot be created out of an authorized OGL1.0a licensed work, that work is not actually an authorized 1.0a license, it is functioning under some other agreement, but it not 1.0a. The license allows new derivative material to happen. If...

Until the decisions are no longer made by persons (including the decisions about what automations are utilized), all business remains personal. joe b.

I think this as well. Any bigoted products released under the OGL are not associated with Dungeons and Dragons as making clear associations with the D&D trademark isn't permitted under the OGL. Driving people out of the OGL, on the other hand increases the likelihood of directly connecting the...

There are more WotC SRDs than two. 1) Original 3.0 2) 3.5 3) Epic rules SRD 4) Psionic rules SRD 5) Modern SRD 6) 5.0 SRD 7) 5.1 SRD joe b.