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<blockquote data-quote="ThorinTeague" data-source="post: 8914962" data-attributes="member: 7032074"><p>I'm no lawyer so don't take my word as authoritative. Just expressing my thoughts and feelings. Obviously nobody really knows. My understanding from some software industry people who claim to know what they're talking about is that they believe they already know where this is headed and how it ends. Revoking open licenses in realms outside the TTRPG community, according to these folks, has already been tested in court and won't work. But like I said before, it could be that the TTRPG realm is too far from other open license realms that those rulings would not be considered a precedent. Probably depends on the judge, jurisdiction, lawyers, stars, will of the gods....</p><p></p><p><strong>Attempting</strong> to revoke an open license and bully the 3pp community exposes WoTC to liability for an antitrust lawsuit. (They're already exposed as we speak).</p><p></p><p><strong>Succeeding</strong> at revoking an open license <strong><em>may</em></strong> (I wouldn't know authoritatively, this is just what I've heard,) set a precedent for open licenses <em>outside</em> the TTRPG world with much much wider implications, and cannot, and will not be allowed to stand by, for example, the software community (as I understand it--let me reiterate, not authoritative). It will further mean that nearly 1500 3pp's have been defrauded by WoTC for 23 years who lied to them about how it works (see attachment--those are WoTC's words right off their own website, meant to entice publishers into doing the whole 3pp thing).</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]273668[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>Failing</strong> at revoking OGL1.0a means <em>nobody in their right minds </em>will ever sign on to their 1.2/2.0/etc. draconian BS (just like in 2008) and they fail to corner the VTT market as proposed and hoped. Which leaves WoTC and Hasbro fragged with a capital F.</p><p></p><p>The whole thing is just a giant steaming pile of bad bad bad. That turned longer than I realized it would.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThorinTeague, post: 8914962, member: 7032074"] I'm no lawyer so don't take my word as authoritative. Just expressing my thoughts and feelings. Obviously nobody really knows. My understanding from some software industry people who claim to know what they're talking about is that they believe they already know where this is headed and how it ends. Revoking open licenses in realms outside the TTRPG community, according to these folks, has already been tested in court and won't work. But like I said before, it could be that the TTRPG realm is too far from other open license realms that those rulings would not be considered a precedent. Probably depends on the judge, jurisdiction, lawyers, stars, will of the gods.... [B]Attempting[/B] to revoke an open license and bully the 3pp community exposes WoTC to liability for an antitrust lawsuit. (They're already exposed as we speak). [B]Succeeding[/B] at revoking an open license [B][I]may[/I][/B] (I wouldn't know authoritatively, this is just what I've heard,) set a precedent for open licenses [I]outside[/I] the TTRPG world with much much wider implications, and cannot, and will not be allowed to stand by, for example, the software community (as I understand it--let me reiterate, not authoritative). It will further mean that nearly 1500 3pp's have been defrauded by WoTC for 23 years who lied to them about how it works (see attachment--those are WoTC's words right off their own website, meant to entice publishers into doing the whole 3pp thing). [ATTACH type="full"]273668[/ATTACH] [B]Failing[/B] at revoking OGL1.0a means [I]nobody in their right minds [/I]will ever sign on to their 1.2/2.0/etc. draconian BS (just like in 2008) and they fail to corner the VTT market as proposed and hoped. Which leaves WoTC and Hasbro fragged with a capital F. The whole thing is just a giant steaming pile of bad bad bad. That turned longer than I realized it would. [/QUOTE]
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