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No defence (sic :D) was needed. I'm just trying to play interpreter for y'all.

I'm not a lawyer, but I think what we're seeing is a combination of excerpts from 1.1 drafts and propaganda from WotC, and the two are all mixed up together. All of the "deauthorization" stuff might fall purely into the propaganda category. If WotC did take legal action against a publisher, I'd...

31 In case this helps, I think @pemerton will resist any effort to entice him to interpret the leaked materials and what they may mean. He'll tend to redirect your questions about the leaked material (for example, "what do they mean by 'authorized license agreement' here?") to his legal...

I'm with you this far, but it seems they are making the additional claim that (1) using OGL 1.1 (Commercial) or (2) a direct deal with WotC are the ONLY ways to commercially publish "SRD-based content" after January 13, 2023.

Assuming the attached is accurate (it's apparently a Q&A rather than the text of the license itself), how do we reconcile it with the idea that WotC would need a poison pill in OGL 1.1. This appears to explicitly contemplate what happens when a publisher does not accept the terms of OGL 1.1. If...

I think Ryan and Peter and the other decision-makers definitely contemplated the OGL being used for complete games, and that was part of its intent. I don't think their intent was for competitors to use the OGL and the Open Game Content they released under it to clone any version of D&D. If that...

I'd suggest the executives at Hasbro really don't see it that way. Or if they do, changing that is a core part of their product strategy. I think this was evident even before the OGL kerfuffle. Full disclosure, I was reasonably happy in principle to be captured before all this. I was one of...

One is intended to make money and the other is intended to force larger publishers to the table for a conventional license agreement.

Non-revocation is my primary criterion for "acceptable." He should absolutely not be forced to 1.1 to fulfill his KS campaign.

It feels a little pointless to debate this because it's never gonna happen. Kickstarter isn't interested in 5-8% of your "profits," and Wizards won't be either. Some thoughts in no particular order: I'm not sure someone doing $750,000+ on a crowdfunded campaign counts as a "small publisher."...

For me, it’s all about revocation. Lose that, and I feel like they can do what they want with 1D&D and the license to its content. Honestly, I think as long as they have DM’s Guild, they’ll be just fine. I have no idea what y’all are thinking with the royalties based on “profits” idea. It...

Or they decide to try again, with a "better argument," only this time they sue me. Okay, I'm not in the game anymore, but if publishers above the "beer money" level know that Hasbro wants to revoke the license, I think they'd be absolutely nuts to build a business on it going forward. You're...

It's honestly kinda weird. I've purchased one of her products (Skyhorn Lighthouse)...from DM's Guild. If her stuff is available on DM's Guild, I'm not sure why she's worried about OGL 1.1. She doesn't explain, just states that her "5e stuff is probably going away." She apparently is planning to...

C'mon, man. :-/

Even the GSL didn't try to revoke OGL 1.0a. That's sorta crossing the Rubicon, as far as "safe harbors" are concerned.

The value was always and only in the safe harbor, and I can't imagine anyone will feel safe in the harbor after this.

Here's something I've been thinking about. Any publisher who decides to fight this is going to have to be super-comfy with their own implementation of the license and with Hasbro lawyers combing through all their published materials looking for violations/breaches. And in many cases, I assume...

Yeah, that doesn't look like "opt-in."

I hope this becomes irrelevant because WotC elects not to go this route, but I'd be interested in further discussion, using Amazon as an example instead of YouTube. They take down allegedly copyright- and trademark-infringing products all the time. Here's a link to the Amazon IP Policy: Here's...

The article was informative, but I nearly spit out my Diet Coke at this part: Wizards: No naughty word, buddy.