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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8890199" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>This is a pretty awful take, to be frank. First off, he ignores the fact that the OGL was originally written based on the same open software licenses he praises, “irrevocable” just wasn’t used in those licenses at the time. Now, should the OGL have been updated to include that word when software licenses started doing so? Yeah, no doubt. But, that context is relevant and I think it’s pretty disingenuous to disregard it and just say “if the magic word, ‘irrevocable’ isn’t in it, it’s revocable.” Second, it’s true that <em>in theory</em> the OGL doesn’t give you the right to anything you didn’t already have the rights to, this ignores the fact that not every publisher is prepared to defend their work under fair use if WotC did decide to go after them. It’s not at all clear where mechanics end and presentation begins, and the OGL provided security for those who didn’t want to risk having to hash that out in court.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8890199, member: 6779196"] This is a pretty awful take, to be frank. First off, he ignores the fact that the OGL was originally written based on the same open software licenses he praises, “irrevocable” just wasn’t used in those licenses at the time. Now, should the OGL have been updated to include that word when software licenses started doing so? Yeah, no doubt. But, that context is relevant and I think it’s pretty disingenuous to disregard it and just say “if the magic word, ‘irrevocable’ isn’t in it, it’s revocable.” Second, it’s true that [I]in theory[/I] the OGL doesn’t give you the right to anything you didn’t already have the rights to, this ignores the fact that not every publisher is prepared to defend their work under fair use if WotC did decide to go after them. It’s not at all clear where mechanics end and presentation begins, and the OGL provided security for those who didn’t want to risk having to hash that out in court. [/QUOTE]
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