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Oh yeah, I know that's the actual, concretely correct answer. But that sentence was looking pretty sexy this morning. :P

I am not a lawyer! (BTW, there's a second one now, OA0677... I think it's pretty much just doubling down but I feel no compunction to listen.) In my earlier posts, as I calmed down and slept a couple days, I postulated (in my 110% unqualified, unprofessional, untrained opinion), that OA0675's...

You will get no judgement from me. The reason that I am "boycotting," if it can be called that, is that whenever I look at it I want to vomit. It makes me feel like I need a shower. I'm just repelled from it now.

If Disney is using the OGL, and they weren't grandfathered in, than I am Mickey Mouse.

But not every corporation breaks the law and breaches their legal obligations. If they do, they get taken to court and sued for it. And if they did, it wouldn't make it right.

Where's that mic drop meme....

Thinking of it (I can backpedal because I'm just an naughty word basement dweller who means nothing), apologizing would have an effect on their shares' value.

For the life of me I cannot figure out why so much weight is being put on considering the merits of apologizing for attempting to do something illegal, sincere or otherwise. What results do you say the average schmuck like you or I would get from breaching a contractual agreement and saying...

Payola is what it was.

I am not a lawyer just saying I'm not a lawyer to not get in trouble, I'm actually not a lawyer. Like, literally. In my 110% unproffessional opinion, after sleeping and thinking on it for a while, I think OA COULD be TECHNICALLY correct that this document is legally revocable. (Which come on...

I feel that it's too early to tell what the current numbers mean. Quarters are what matter. Gotta wait a few months... sorry internet... :)

Yeah the bottom line of $$$ is the real rub, which we won't know for a long time. I think this will rival the New Coke disaster of 1985 if not surpass it. (about $85 million, adjusted for 2023 dollars, in losses). If anyone doesn't know, New Coke was rolled out in 1985 while removing original...

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/ Might be worth looking at. If you're like me, you're pretty skeptical of people coming at you with Adobe alternatives. I don't know how many times I've been told a product is a perfect photoshop replacement or clone by people who have only a superficial...

[I am not a lawyer and my opinion is not expert] Let's roleplay through a little pretend scenario─that's kind of what we do around here right? Let's pretend, just for fun, that OA was right. WoTC does in fact have the legal right to revoke the ogl by exploiting some fxxking bxxlshxt legal...

Yeah. Payoff. I mean if this wasn't payola, then, OA got rooked.

If WoTC has the right change the terms of the OGL implicitly, the why should it be explicit in the the new one? And why in 22 years was it never changed?

I'm not an expert but as far as I knew I was looking at raw data. I worked in private sector commercial art for the better part of a decade. So I wouldn't be much of an authoritative numbers guy. But I worked closely with various PR and marketing departments throughout that time, so I am...

Who's to say--but--allow me to refer you to 2008-2012 when for the first time in history a competing game was outselling d&d. And they weren't even trying to claim the right to void the old ogl back then.

You're right. I default to sarcasm as a coping mechanism or humorous effect. I apologize to reynard.

All very reasonable. As far as I'm concerned. In my entirely not at all expert opinion. It's bedtime for me. Maybe I'll chat a little more tomorrow. All this hubbub has me and I'm sure not the only one a little keyed up lately.