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  1. Steel_Wind

    PC Gamer: OGL not worth fighting for.

    What he should have said (and might have if he was but a little older) was World of Warcraft is really popular - -imagine if it was the only game around? Then you would have had 2008, when WoW reigned supreme as the only PC game of any consequence whatsoever, and the PC Game Software Retail...
  2. Steel_Wind

    PC Gamer: OGL not worth fighting for.

    We can debate the pros and cons of PC Gamer's observations all we like. In the end, I think WotC has made up its mind and is non-persuadable on the OGL issue to make further meaningful concessions. We are getting a NEW open license, the form of which will be genericized for ORC, but which will...
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    Hello, I am lawyer with a PSA: almost everyone is wrong about the OGL and SRD. Clearing up confusion.

    This is called a personal services contract. There are often very good reasons for doing so and usually relate to tax advantages, but may otherwise form the basis of extending a General Security Agreement, or trying to create a stock option, etc.. The reasons for doing so are numerous and each...
  4. Steel_Wind

    Don't Give Ground

    I think you are done then. I believe this clever satirical passage from "How the Grinch Stole D&D" on reddit posted earlier this week is accurate: "The Wizbro had been caught by this tiny Gamer daughter Who’d got out of of bed for a cup of cold water She stared at the Wizbro and said “WoTC, why...
  5. Steel_Wind

    Foundry VTT Responds to OGL 1.2 Draft

    Foundry Gaming LLC has already published their software product under the OGL 1.0a. That bullet has left the chamber. They can still sell that product going forward in reliance upon the OGL 1.0a, in all probability. In terms of risk vs reward? That's a decision Andrew Clayton (Foundry's owner)...
  6. Steel_Wind

    Foundry VTT Responds to OGL 1.2 Draft

    The reason WotC has gone forward with OGL 1.2 is all about interactive software. It is entirely about s. 1(b): "(b) Works Covered. This license only applies to printed media and static electronic files (such as epubs or pdfs) you create for use in or as tabletop roleplaying games and...
  7. Steel_Wind

    Foundry VTT Responds to OGL 1.2 Draft

    Sure they do. They can just ignore it and go on publishing. There is a color of right under the OGL 1.0a, it's not like there is any realistic prospect of a jail sentence at the end of somebody's commercial calculus. It's just money. Is WotC likely to take any action at all in response? No and...
  8. Steel_Wind

    Foundry VTT Responds to OGL 1.2 Draft

    A court case leading to a meaningful decision on the merits might happen, but I think the chances of that are low. WotC has chased the entirety of all other publishers to the ORC, to a 5e fork, or to PF2. Those gamers have been essentially told to continue on with those games at the table and...
  9. Steel_Wind

    Don't Give Ground

    Please understand, I don't think you are wrong. I absolutely agree with you. At the same time, I don't think WotC is meaningfully persuadable at this point. This isn't a negotiation, this is just a PR performance now. There's a BIG difference between the two. So WotC isn't persuadable on the...
  10. Steel_Wind

    Foundry VTT Responds to OGL 1.2 Draft

    At this point? I don't think it matters much. Imo, WotC is no longer persuadable on this point - they are going to do what Cao wants them to do. As it so happens - I am not persuadable in terms of my reaction to all of this either. I'm out. IMO, we are at the fork in the road; the point of...
  11. Steel_Wind

    D&D 5E (2024) What happens if One DnD fails?

    World Anvil is not providing PCs, NPCs, classes, races, monsters, spells, items is it? It's more case of being able to access a map(s) and some notes made there as journal entries. Am I wrong?
  12. Steel_Wind

    D&D 5E (2024) What happens if One DnD fails?

    WotC is fine with it now, but not when the point of DDB is no longer to sell PDFs (without selling PDFs) but is instead to sell monthly online VTT subscriptions to DMs and players both. Then they won't want you using Foundry, they'll want you using their own VTT. WotC does not want "leaks" in...
  13. Steel_Wind

    D&D 5E (2024) What happens if One DnD fails?

    No, a "kludge" is something the user does, typically by entering the data themselves, or by obtaining the data from another source to input into the program. It's evident from your question you have never used Foundry (at least for 5e). Foundry VTT only supports the 5.1 SRD. There is a LOT of...
  14. Steel_Wind

    D&D 5E (2024) What happens if One DnD fails?

    No, that is not how it works. Products previously released under 1.0a are lawful. They don't have to be removed and you can go right on selling them. You arguably cannot make new derivative works, but Foundry doesn't have to for 5e. Provided there is a way to kludge compatibility using what...
  15. Steel_Wind

    The Washington Post is reporting on the situation now

    The point of the "dragon atop a treasure trove is for it to be slain" is a great line though! Investors read WashPo. This isn't a good thing. James Dallas Egbert III media stories made AD&D a sensation and it's still "top of mind" 43 years later when it comes to RPGs. This, otoh, is not a...
  16. Steel_Wind

    Why We Should Work With WotC

    I know you know this, but "trade dress" is just legal shorthand for the tort of "passing off". It's a difficult civil action to win -- and liability is easily avoided if avoidance is your aim. I honestly don't think it is likely to arise in any of the circumstances we are discussing here.
  17. Steel_Wind

    D&D 5E (2024) What happens if One DnD fails?

    To be clear, I happen to agree with you. It's WotC who doesn't. If WotC believed what you just wrote, we wouldn't be having this discussion, the OGL would never have been discussed as needing to go, the past events of December would never have occurred -- none of OGL 1.1, or 1.2 it would have...
  18. Steel_Wind

    D&D 5E (2024) What happens if One DnD fails?

    The problem with that is this: WotC wants/needs to break compatibility with existing VTTs, especially Foundry VTT. They can't do that if the game is as similar to 5e as you think it will be. Foundry is already out under the 1.0a. Foundry does not need to do JACK. If 6e is close enough? It will...
  19. Steel_Wind

    Legal Discussion of OGL 1.2

    A calm and reasoned discussion. No surprise, no back-room deals under NDA. Critically, it would have had none of the stink of skullduggery. It would instead have been presented not in the shadows, but under the noon-day Sun. "We are doing this for two principal reasons: 1. We see the D&D brand...
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