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Hello, I am lawyer with a PSA: almost everyone is wrong about the OGL and SRD. Clearing up confusion.
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<blockquote data-quote="kjdavies" data-source="post: 8883035" data-attributes="member: 51378"><p>The situation as I understand it today is closer to</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I lost my dog.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I made an offer of $500 if my dog is found [and presumably returned to me]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You found my dog and returned it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I gave you $500</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[some time later] I decide I don't want my dog anymore, and demand you give me my money back.</li> </ul><p>If I'd taken down the sign before you returned the dog, depending on the timing it might be rude to not give you the money (like, I took the sign down yesterday and you showed up today) but it should be legitimate. At which point you could decide instead to keep my dog, since I won't give you money for a dog in your possession (also rude, but could be legitimate).</p><p></p><p>This is how I would think it would work... but does not appear to be how WotC is trying to make it work.</p><p></p><p>I wonder how it works for other material previously licensed under v1.0a. That is, pretend 5e is moved entirely under v1.1 and v1.0a is not valid for 5e at all... what does it mean for open content licensed 20 years ago (3e in 2000, 3.5 in 2003, etc.)? Does this mean that third party publishers for Pathfinder (derived from 3e according to their Section 15 information) could no longer publish content for that game? Paizo was a licensee of WotC for that version, but I'm a licensee of Paizo as a third-party publisher of Pathfinder. Where's the breakdown?</p><p></p><p>(and yes, I realize this is getting into specifics and that you're not comfortable speaking in specifics, but I am having difficulty framing this as a generic question... but it does apply to other publishers and games as well, such as Green Ronin -- True20 and Mutants & Masterminds games, which are even farther from the original SRDs.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kjdavies, post: 8883035, member: 51378"] The situation as I understand it today is closer to [LIST] [*]I lost my dog. [*]I made an offer of $500 if my dog is found [and presumably returned to me] [*]You found my dog and returned it. [*]I gave you $500 [*][some time later] I decide I don't want my dog anymore, and demand you give me my money back. [/LIST] If I'd taken down the sign before you returned the dog, depending on the timing it might be rude to not give you the money (like, I took the sign down yesterday and you showed up today) but it should be legitimate. At which point you could decide instead to keep my dog, since I won't give you money for a dog in your possession (also rude, but could be legitimate). This is how I would think it would work... but does not appear to be how WotC is trying to make it work. I wonder how it works for other material previously licensed under v1.0a. That is, pretend 5e is moved entirely under v1.1 and v1.0a is not valid for 5e at all... what does it mean for open content licensed 20 years ago (3e in 2000, 3.5 in 2003, etc.)? Does this mean that third party publishers for Pathfinder (derived from 3e according to their Section 15 information) could no longer publish content for that game? Paizo was a licensee of WotC for that version, but I'm a licensee of Paizo as a third-party publisher of Pathfinder. Where's the breakdown? (and yes, I realize this is getting into specifics and that you're not comfortable speaking in specifics, but I am having difficulty framing this as a generic question... but it does apply to other publishers and games as well, such as Green Ronin -- True20 and Mutants & Masterminds games, which are even farther from the original SRDs.) [/QUOTE]
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