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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8900858" data-attributes="member: 8461">The problem is that, if that was all they wanted, the Section 15 of the PF2 Core Rulebook wouldn't have included a copyright notice for the 3E SRD. It would just have had the copyright notice for the OGL v1.0a itself, and a copyright notice for the PF2 Core Rulebook. The fact that it also has the 3E SRD copyright notice is essentially an admission that it's using Open Game Content from that source, and from there it's easy to see – if Paizo republishes PF2 without the OGL – WotC claiming that PF2 uses their copyrighted material.The same thing potentially holds true for Starfinder.Now, if WotC does make such a claim, then it comes down to a potential courtroom fight. Presuming that nobody settles, that could turn ugly for Paizo, since there's a lot of material in PF2 and Starfinder, which means that much more ground for WotC's lawyers to comb through and look for areas of potential infringement.What worries me about that scenario is that it potentially turns into a standoff if Paizo does try to strip the OGL from their games, but also wants to press a court claim about the OGL v1.0a being irrevocable. That is, you could potentially have a scenario where WotC says "you press your court case about the OGL v1.0a being irrevocable, and we press a case where your games infringe on our copyright. Your move."Hopefully it won't come to that, but I could see it happening.</blockquote>

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