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I feel they don't, quite, but imply it. I don't have the text handy but there is language that says something pretty close to OGL v1.1 grants usage of SRD 5.1 as Licensed Content; OGL v1.0a is unauthorized (or 'now unauthorized' or 'no longer authorized'); other SRDs previously (and future? I...

Or at least Hasbro would be happy for us to believe so.

I can see it being difficult to sue for damages, if only because it could be difficult to define/calculate them, but it seems (I would think, and your comment seems to agree but I'm asking for confirmation) that suit to demand they continue to honor the agreement could be easier.

'reviled', or 'revoked'? I mean, I would think almost everyone here is against v1.0a being revoked, and probably almost all of us are for v1.1 being reviled...

estar posted on the 'lawyer with a PSA' topic, but worth sharing here also. EFF's weighing a bit. Speaks in generalities (they don't have the definitive version of the license either), but does put a different light on the situation...

Beat me to it. An interesting take on things.

Probably not a totally weird coincidence, given 16-page signatures. OGL is customarily near the back, 16 pages/signature * 14 signatures = 224 pages.

That's how I've been reading it in the last day or two. As discussed with a colleague, you shouldn't read contracts like you read English. When reading contracts you need to read them in context of the contract, no assumptions of what's outside it. Because 'OGL v1.0a is unauthorized' is in this...

That's an awfully nice RPG you've got there, it would be a shame if anything happened to it.

And I daresay this is likely to bite them, hard, and be less profitable than they hope. They're developing a huge amount of ill will in the industry right now. The old 'smaller slice of bigger pie' thing comes to play here. I have the sense the current economy (with people having generally less...

Thing is, I read 'Licensed Content' and 'Unlicensed Content' as being in terms of v1.1. They don't say "other SRDs are no longer open content under OGL v1.0a" because that's outside this license... and they benefit from this unclarity.

Indeed, I'm reading this as OGL v1.1 applies to SRD 5.1 OGL v1.0a no longer applies to SRD 5.1 (it does today, so they need to unauthorize v1.0a so it no longer applies) OGL v1.1 does not apply to other SRDs, they must be licensed separately OGL v1.0a is a separate license that applies to the...

Applies only if you accept the agreement. If you don't accept the agreement, you don't accept that you will try to avoid the agreement. You've already dodged it entirely.

The OGL on page 222 of my copy of Monster Manual 2 has only the OGL itself in the Section 15. It doesn't include Monster Manual 2 or Creature Collection (but when I look at Creature Collection their Section 15 has only the OGL -- there's a note on the title page with the copyright notice to put...

Until they go an change it... as they reserve the right to with 30 days notice.

Or "our legal team is handling this and told us to keep silent so we don't make their job harder". One of the most important bits of dealing with legal situations is to know when to say nothing.

Would not the obligation to sublicense, combined with the obligation for the sublicensee to copy the text, not grant the sublicensee the write to copy the license text? That is, WotC licenses to X, requiring X to copy this the OGL text and sublicense the open content (licensed and...

Though it would be nice to have it in writing from a judge that this is indeed a right.

Honestly, One D&D is only of interest to me -- I think to many of us -- because it led to this situation. I think the bigger concern for many, if not most, of us is what happens to other games that might or might not be based on other SRDs than SRD 5.1. Otherwise, I think for One D&D/5e in...

I understand that if taken to court, a situation like this would likely be judged against the offeror. (I forget the name of the principle, but it assumes the offerer is sincere in the offer; if the offeree accepts the offeror is stuck for it.) The offer is nonsensical and unreasonable, and...