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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8920338" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Firstly: not for dragonborn or tieflings or mindflayers or beholders or.... And that matters. A lot.Secondly, there has always been legal ambiguity even with the OGL about whether the &quot;expression&quot; of the rules is subject to copyright. E.g. formulae can't be, but can tables? Now, with the whole SRD just straight up released under CC, I can confidently publish, for example, a novel that uses the word &quot;dragonborn&quot; and won't get slapped with a lawsuit from WotC. (Or a friend of mine, who went by the username &quot;temporalMessiah&quot; on a forum of yesteryear, who is thrilled to know that he can now actually use the names of all the various types of demons who are characters in the novel he is actually working on right now.) The CC license allows ALL adaptations, not just game ones, and that's a huge change.I consider the Creative Commons to be a superior safe harbor, for a variety of reasons. Not least because it guarantees something like this can't happen again.As I have said several times, this applies to stuff going forward, yes. It doesn't help people who already have work under the OGL. I believe their rapid and unequivocal response to the feedback warrants patience and consideration. That doesn't mean giving up the fight--it means giving them a chance to make a case. Because if you look at my posts, you will find that I was not willing to do that before. This gesture, IMHO, is worth leaning back and saying, &quot;Alright. What's your proposal?&quot; If that proposal is $#!t, we recognize it for what it is and respond accordingly. If it isn't, then it's a step in the right direction and not into a cow pie.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8920338, member: 6790260"] Firstly: not for dragonborn or tieflings or mindflayers or beholders or.... And that matters. A lot. Secondly, there has always been legal ambiguity [I]even with the OGL[/I] about whether the "expression" of the rules is subject to copyright. E.g. formulae can't be, but can tables? Now, with the whole SRD just straight up released under CC, I can confidently publish, for example, a [I]novel[/I] that uses the word "dragonborn" and won't get slapped with a lawsuit from WotC. (Or a friend of mine, who went by the username "temporalMessiah" on a forum of yesteryear, who is thrilled to know that he can now actually use the names of all the various types of demons who are characters in the novel he is [I]actually working on right now[/I].) The CC license allows ALL adaptations, not just game ones, and that's a [I]huge[/I] change. I consider the Creative Commons to be a superior safe harbor, for a variety of reasons. Not least because it [I]guarantees[/I] something like this can't happen again. [I]As I have said several times[/I], this applies to stuff going forward, yes. It doesn't help people who already have work under the OGL. I believe their rapid and unequivocal response to the feedback warrants [I]patience[/I] and [I]consideration[/I]. That doesn't mean [I]giving up the fight[/I]--it means giving them a chance to make a case. Because if you look at my posts, you will find that I was [I]not[/I] willing to do that before. This gesture, IMHO, is worth leaning back and saying, "Alright. What's your proposal?" If that proposal is $#!t, we recognize it for what it is and respond accordingly. If it isn't, then it's a step in the right direction and not into a cow pie. [/QUOTE]

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