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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="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8890481" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>This MAY be a reason it is taking WotC to respond. This is what they are after, but they had their own in-house people write it up.</p><p></p><p>Now, with all the attention, the lawyers (perhaps Hasbro has come in utilizing another side organization?) are actually trying to write a document that can hold up and yet do exactly what you are describing without the massive weaknesses the "draft" had in it's writing. </p><p></p><p>This stuff takes time and rushing it out the door or handing it off to your editor who has a degree in English just results in the fiasco we see unfolding already. If true, the lawyers are probably working at warp speed (comparatively) to write something that actually would hold up and give a SOLID case which can't be refuted or disputed in regards to the picture you paint.</p><p></p><p>They are in between a rock and a hard place and who knows how it will turn out. It may be they CAN'T figure out a way to write it to seal it all up nice and tight so other options will happen and will have to come out with something else or say something different. </p><p></p><p>IF this is the case, of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 8890481, member: 4348"] This MAY be a reason it is taking WotC to respond. This is what they are after, but they had their own in-house people write it up. Now, with all the attention, the lawyers (perhaps Hasbro has come in utilizing another side organization?) are actually trying to write a document that can hold up and yet do exactly what you are describing without the massive weaknesses the "draft" had in it's writing. This stuff takes time and rushing it out the door or handing it off to your editor who has a degree in English just results in the fiasco we see unfolding already. If true, the lawyers are probably working at warp speed (comparatively) to write something that actually would hold up and give a SOLID case which can't be refuted or disputed in regards to the picture you paint. They are in between a rock and a hard place and who knows how it will turn out. It may be they CAN'T figure out a way to write it to seal it all up nice and tight so other options will happen and will have to come out with something else or say something different. IF this is the case, of course. [/QUOTE]
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