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<blockquote data-quote="Tav_Behemoth" data-source="post: 1744372" data-attributes="member: 18017">The OGL is a genie that's been let out of its bottle. Even if Renton, WA were destroyed by a meteor, the status of the SRD and OGL would remain unchanged.The situation of the d20 license is more complex; someone could buy ownership of that license from Wizards' ashes, just as Wizards bought D&amp;D from the ashes of TSR, and make sweeping changes in it. But they couldn't prevent people from selling the same products that are now d20; all they could do is force them to take the d20 logo off the cover and rely on the OGL alone.Mind you, I think it'd be a tragedy if Wizards went under; they've been a tremendously innovative and revolutionary force in gaming, and continue to expand the SRD in generous ways. Also, as the owners of the D&amp;D brand, they're also the sun that warms the orbiting third-party planets. Monte could keep making Arcana Unearthed without D&amp;D, and he might even be able to make it occupy the center-of-the-universe spot that D&amp;D now has -- but there'd be a couple of chilly moments for everyone when the sun went out!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tav_Behemoth, post: 1744372, member: 18017"] The OGL is a genie that's been let out of its bottle. Even if Renton, WA were destroyed by a meteor, the status of the SRD and OGL would remain unchanged. The situation of the d20 license is more complex; someone could buy ownership of that license from Wizards' ashes, just as Wizards bought D&D from the ashes of TSR, and make sweeping changes in it. But they couldn't prevent people from selling the same products that are now d20; all they could do is force them to take the d20 logo off the cover and rely on the OGL alone. Mind you, I think it'd be a tragedy if Wizards went under; they've been a tremendously innovative and revolutionary force in gaming, and continue to expand the SRD in generous ways. Also, as the owners of the D&D brand, they're also the sun that warms the orbiting third-party planets. Monte could keep making Arcana Unearthed without D&D, and he might even be able to make it occupy the center-of-the-universe spot that D&D now has -- but there'd be a couple of chilly moments for everyone when the sun went out! [/QUOTE]

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