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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4386925" data-attributes="member: 18280">I had a great response, but EnWorld ate it.  Let me try again.Since you were there, and I was not, I am going to take your word for it.  However, I will point out that it was probably legal who drafted the press release, and it was probably customer rep/pr that spoke to you.  And, if so, what legal drafted definitely says "OGL is part of kit, for which you pay $5 grand", and it seemed definite enough that someone asked about it specifically, as the #2 question.  It was then, in all probability, someone who did not draft the release statement who answered question #2 in a way that made more sense from a business/customer service standpoint.The person who answered question #2 effectively put WotC on the hook to produce the OGL in time to allow for early adoption, and WotC didn't do it.This still (IMHO) points to the press release being accurate, and the un-followed-up-on "clarification" being an error on the part of the rep.  Otherwise, why didn't WotC produce the OGL/GSL?  Why wait so long to reveal it at all?I suppose I have an easier time believing in WotC planning in a way that benefits them (but not necessarily us), more than I do that WotC is really that incompetent.But I could be wrong.Me too.  I believe that the guy who answered question #2 failed to grasp properly what the legal team had written, and may well have been raked over the coals for the answer he gave.  That might well be why "Rouse even said he was simply not going to comment until he had the final approved by everyone document in black & white in front of him to avoid any miscommunication and misunderstanding."But, as you say, this is all speculation.True.  And I think it is a stinker.RC</blockquote>

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