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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8889954" data-attributes="member: 20564">Worst Case:  It's as leaked, and Hasbro is willing to run up legal costs to get settlements - this never gets a judgement.  Damage control happens but with no change behind it.  Will quickly offer favorable licenses to media players like Matt Mercer and Matt Colville.Realistic Case: Leak was real, but they are listening to the community uproar and attempt damage control.  Non-apology apology comes out - enough to settle those who want to forgive them.  Lots of focus on "this only impacts a couple of publishers around the world, this is all overreaction", deliberately focusing on the royalties and ignoring the chilling affect on Kickstarters and small 3PP that couldn't afford to be compliant.  Pushes forward, and a court case happens.  Also publishers learn to understand what they can publish without the OGL, and some go that route.Best Case:  Leak was real, but they are listening to the community uproar.  Explain it away on overzealous new upper management who "now understands the depth of feelings of gamers worldwide".  Walk back the legal changes slightly, in a way that doesn't cut them off from trying something again in the future.  Publish under an OGL that prevents licensees from using earlier versions of the OGL (much like the GSL did), and then use market pressure to only allow OGL 1.1 material on D&DBeyond as they open up the platform to 3PP.  Which will also prevent anything new from being put onto any competing VTTs.  Make the (over??-)confident decision that with their upcoming VTT they will control the D&D VTT space and be able to force everyone into it.  Pursue separate royalty schema, perhaps allowing use of special logo or something as in the past.</blockquote>

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