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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9308488" data-attributes="member: 8461">Again, that doesn't prevent WotC from either issuing a threat of a lawsuit, or of taking someone to court. &quot;Settled law&quot; doesn't mean &quot;you can't sue someone for this reason.&quot; At best, it means quick dismissal via summary judgment, but that's a significant roll of the dice (no pun intended) if that's what you're counting on.Would WotC likely lose such a court case? Yes, but how helpful is that to you if you're bankrupt by the time you get there? That's the nature of the issue.&quot;Perpetual&quot; is already in the OGL. See it <a href="https://opengamingfoundation.org/ogl.html" target="_blank">right there</a>, in Section 4? WotC just used a different term in their dubious justification for trying to yank it, which is something they can do for any other license.Again, I don't disagree. I just remember that we all said that before, and that people seem to be fetishizing how &quot;safe&quot; the Creative Commons is compared to the OGL.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 9308488, member: 8461"] Again, that doesn't prevent WotC from either issuing a threat of a lawsuit, or of taking someone to court. "Settled law" doesn't mean "you can't sue someone for this reason." At best, it means quick dismissal via summary judgment, but that's a significant roll of the dice (no pun intended) if that's what you're counting on. Would WotC likely lose such a court case? Yes, but how helpful is that to you if you're bankrupt by the time you get there? [I]That's[/I] the nature of the issue. "Perpetual" is already in the OGL. See it [URL='https://opengamingfoundation.org/ogl.html']right there[/URL], in Section 4? WotC just used a different term in their dubious justification for trying to yank it, which is something they can do for any other license. Again, I don't disagree. I just remember that we all said that before, and that people seem to be fetishizing how "safe" the Creative Commons is compared to the OGL. [/QUOTE]

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