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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Enrahim2" data-source="post: 8889396" data-attributes="member: 7039850">(IANAL) I would actually find it quite likely that they would love to do so. The more I read the actual full document and reading what wizards officially said beforecte release, the more convinced I am that wizards intentions was to exploit rather than revoke 1.0a. (There is a hint of confirmation bias on my side though.) If this is true, releasing a more obviously reliable 1.0b is clearly something that would be in their interest, both for PR and exploitative purposesHowever the big problem with doing so is that I think they really dont want content created for 1.1 to be available in 1.0(x). For one thing this could indeed be seen as a protection for creators, as they would then be less likely to by mistake infringe on the oneD&D SRD, that I strongly expect they intend to be Licensed Content, but not Open Gaming Content (hence the new legal language).In the current situation the legal trick of getting the licensee to agree to not consider 1.0a content "authorized" only prevents such a lisence to copy, modify or distribute content from 1.1 (or later) using the section 9 grant 1.1 "inherits" by virtue of being a wizards published document declaring itself "an update to the previously available OGL 1.0(a)". However if the same trick were applied to both 1.0a and the hypotetical 1.0b, cross use between those two licensed would also be inhibited. While it would be possible in 1.0b that explicitely allowed use of things published under 1.0b in works published under 1.0a, it is not clear how given the immutability of 1.0a how one could legaly consruct a situation where content published under that lisence would be available for both 1.0b and 1.1 creators without requiering all 1.1 OGC to also be available for 1.0b.Hence we are in the tricky situation that both sides basically want the same thing, but one side is also wanting something in addition that the other side doesnt care that much about, but is legaly incompatible with making the common wish more obviously legaly binding.Wizards preference would hence likely be to create the understanding that the wish indeed is a common wish, that they think this wish is already adequatly ensured by the current legalese, and that this convinces everyone that a legal update contradicting their other wish is not needed. That way everyone get what they want.However if the community rejects wizards assurances, wizards will be forced to make a very difficult choice indeed. Either leave behind their entire strategy revolving around 1.1, or be forced to give up on the community, throwing everyone else under the bus.This is why I watch with dread the reaction sorounding these leaks. The leaks were highly cerry picked in a way I think make it almost inpossible to not misunderstand wizards intentions. This might make the community unable to trust WotC enough to accept the everyone wins scenario. And this might force WotC to make a very hard decission that they really didn't want to make.How they decide to communicate now is going to be completely essential. If they misspeak they might lose both the opportunity to get what they uniquely wanted, and make everyone suffer needlessly. They need to step very carefully to avoid an anyone loses scenario.And if they surmices the community is lost anyway, the only way they can see anyone win anything at all, is if they try to capitalise as much as possible on at least getting the 1.1 out.</blockquote>

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