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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mamba" data-source="post: 8934811" data-attributes="member: 7034611">and this too is narrative, maybe true or maybe the most insidious part.What if this had always been intended as an open discussion, it just started with a really awful proposal. What if what they did was ask for feedback and were open to listening and changing the terms and in fact were already in the middle of the 1.2 draft when 1.1 leaked, and planning to release the new proposed OGL to wider review once it had been polished enough that the ‘big 20 3pps’ were ok with it?That they were bullies throwing their weight around is an assumption, they could also have been in a discussion among equals (despite being the one making the most money).We have no idea what was actually said in the meetings, how much pressure there was. We assume WotC went evil based on the terms of 1.1 (hard not to…), but what if this really was just them being paranoid and missing the forest for the trees?I am not saying this is what definitely happened, but I am not ruling it out either at this point.I am not sure where I stand on this, or rather I guess I am, I just am not in either the ‘we must abandon WotC’, nor in the ‘everything is forgiven, let’s just move on’ camp.I guess one thing we can all agree on is that actions speak louder than words and that the CC is a good first step. Certainly better than any of us were expecting after the leaked 1.1 and the 1.2 draft.So as far as I am concerned that bought them some goodwill. Enough for me to listen (but still drawing my own conclusions).If they keep moving in that direction (release a new SRD for 1DD, keep licensing it to other VTTs, etc.) then that starts rebuilding trust / goodwill. If they don’t, well then we have 5.1 under the CC and are free to move on with that or without it.</blockquote>

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