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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 8915112" data-attributes="member: 20741">Sure they do. They can just ignore it and go on publishing. There is a color of right under the OGL 1.0a, it's not like there is any realistic prospect of a jail sentence at the end of somebody's commercial calculus. It's just money.Is WotC likely to take any action at all in response? No and hell no, imo. If WotC were going to do anything about that in court, they would have done that in 2009 or 2010 -- or at some point before they withdrew 4th ed from the market. Which is to say: when it had a commercial impact upon their real financial interests.WotC doesn't really care about that now.&nbsp; The last thing WotC wants to do is pick a fight they don't have to win with Paizo -- who can afford to fight with them and has facts, evidence and witnesses on their side. Just because somebody can bring a lawsuit does not mean that they will do so.&nbsp; Lawsuits are brought for commercial reasons, not to make an academic point.Follow the money. There's no money there for WotC. The risk of WotC commencing litigation related to SRD 3.5 based material, realistically assessed, are very, (if not exceedingly) low, imo.The opinion that really matters though are those of the 3pp(s) who decide to roll the dice and take the gamble.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 8915112, member: 20741"] Sure they do. [B][I]They can just ignore it and go on publishing[/I][/B]. There is a color of right under the OGL 1.0a, it's not like there is any realistic prospect of a jail sentence at the end of somebody's commercial calculus. It's just money. Is WotC likely to take any action at all in response? No and [I]hell no[/I], imo. If WotC were going to do anything about that in court, they would have done that in 2009 or 2010 -- or at some point before they withdrew 4th ed from the market. Which is to say: when it had a commercial impact upon their real financial interests. WotC doesn't really care about that now. The last thing WotC wants to do is pick a fight they don't have to win with Paizo -- who can afford to fight with them and has facts, evidence and witnesses on their side. Just because somebody can bring a lawsuit does not mean that they will do so. Lawsuits are brought for commercial reasons, not to make an academic point. [I]Follow the money. [/I]There's no money there for WotC. The risk of WotC commencing litigation related to SRD 3.5 based material, realistically assessed, are very, (if not [I]exceedingly) [/I]low, imo. The opinion that really matters though are those of the 3pp(s) who decide to roll the dice and take the gamble. [/QUOTE]

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