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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 2810152" data-attributes="member: 957">Hypothetical QuestionOk, lets see if I get it.There has been a lot of talk about the expectation that 4E will not be OGL.Now, lets for simplicity assume that Clark Peterson or some other combination Lawyer and RPG lover wins $500 Million in the lottery the very day a non-OGL 4E comes out.  This gamer lawyer decides he loves the Open Gaming Movement and is going to devote his now non-work demanding life and a fair fraction of his funds to making 4E open.  (This lawyer has a brain fart and doesn't consider buying D&D outright, because that would make the conversation moot  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  )He sets out to re-write all of the mechanics of 4E.  Every bit of it.  He just leaves out proper names and such.  He publishes this as the DD4 SRD and releases it under the OGL.  He has enough money to stay in the legal fight to the end, if needed.Would this likely work?</blockquote>