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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="Justice and Rule" data-source="post: 8897725" data-attributes="member: 6778210"><p>Are you kidding? Do you think that just taking out what you think is OGL is going to suddenly inoculate them? The whole point of ORC is that it is a greater future defense for them. But just walking away from the OGL right now, even if they think they got everything out of their books, is still very fraught, even moreso if they follow your concept of not defending the idea. There's no point to not keep every defense you have strong when you are fighting someone with more resources than you.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What part of "Waiting for WotC to come after you directly weakens your position because you are allowing them to set the legal foundations of their case against you in precedent before it arrives in court" do <em><strong>you </strong></em>not understand?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think that it's better to spend money to keep your legal defenses solid, rather than letting them weaken enough that you could potentially lose a case.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm sorry, this is just an inherently dumb and dangerous position for Paizo to take if they did.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, why would WotC be going out there and spending money on these cases if it wasn't building to something bigger? You absolutely better <em>believe</em> it would be building up to cases against Paizo and other bigger publishers, otherwise why spend the money? This line of attack from Wizards doesn't make sense from your own view of not to spend money on stuff that doesn't get you anything: why spend money bullying little guys if you're not building up to hit the big guys?</p><p></p><p>Secondly, losing the OGL as a defense line would be big, because having the OGL there in place is a huge, immediate defense to anything Paizo and the others want to do. You don't cede that sort of ground without a fight, especially when you have such a strong argument to use against it. Given all the power that argument currently holds, it would be moronic to give that ground up to Wizards and thus empower their legal machine by giving up one of the strongest defenses you have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Justice and Rule, post: 8897725, member: 6778210"] Are you kidding? Do you think that just taking out what you think is OGL is going to suddenly inoculate them? The whole point of ORC is that it is a greater future defense for them. But just walking away from the OGL right now, even if they think they got everything out of their books, is still very fraught, even moreso if they follow your concept of not defending the idea. There's no point to not keep every defense you have strong when you are fighting someone with more resources than you. What part of "Waiting for WotC to come after you directly weakens your position because you are allowing them to set the legal foundations of their case against you in precedent before it arrives in court" do [I][B]you [/B][/I]not understand? I think that it's better to spend money to keep your legal defenses solid, rather than letting them weaken enough that you could potentially lose a case. I'm sorry, this is just an inherently dumb and dangerous position for Paizo to take if they did. Firstly, why would WotC be going out there and spending money on these cases if it wasn't building to something bigger? You absolutely better [I]believe[/I] it would be building up to cases against Paizo and other bigger publishers, otherwise why spend the money? This line of attack from Wizards doesn't make sense from your own view of not to spend money on stuff that doesn't get you anything: why spend money bullying little guys if you're not building up to hit the big guys? Secondly, losing the OGL as a defense line would be big, because having the OGL there in place is a huge, immediate defense to anything Paizo and the others want to do. You don't cede that sort of ground without a fight, especially when you have such a strong argument to use against it. Given all the power that argument currently holds, it would be moronic to give that ground up to Wizards and thus empower their legal machine by giving up one of the strongest defenses you have. [/QUOTE]
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