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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="mamba" data-source="post: 8900194" data-attributes="member: 7034611"><p>no, there are definitely nuances, but you are not exactly falling into any of them, in fact you are the one attributing the best intentions to them of anyone in this discussion, by far.</p><p></p><p>Even after having been so spectacularly wrong about what 1.1 would contain (because you were attributing the best intentions). You said I was expecting the worst, but what we got is so much worse than I predicted. Yet here you are again, as if nothing has happened…</p><p></p><p></p><p>they might lose millions, they are not going to fail. Also, this is a different discussion</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think your number is more likely, still not the point I was making</p><p></p><p></p><p>And this is what I take issue with. You are basically saying might makes right. Forget about laws, morals, ethics, damage done to others, no, focus on the bottom line.</p><p>If you are in favor of third parties, like you claim, then this cannot be your stance on the subject.</p><p></p><p>I am not sure how much damage this will do to WotC. Not enough to kill D&D for sure. I do not think it does not cause any damage though and more importantly I see no reason for them to do it at all / an actual benefit.</p><p></p><p>Heck, even if I saw them making more money that way, this still would not make it <strong>right</strong>. They are violating a contract they signed because they think they can benefit from that and the ones they shove under the bus are too weak to fight back. I have no idea why you are ok with that while at the same time claiming you are for 3PPs</p><p></p><p>I can see someone saying ‘yeah, sucks for the 3pps, but I do not use them, so do not care’, and while I do not like the stance, it at least is internally consistent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mamba, post: 8900194, member: 7034611"] no, there are definitely nuances, but you are not exactly falling into any of them, in fact you are the one attributing the best intentions to them of anyone in this discussion, by far. Even after having been so spectacularly wrong about what 1.1 would contain (because you were attributing the best intentions). You said I was expecting the worst, but what we got is so much worse than I predicted. Yet here you are again, as if nothing has happened… they might lose millions, they are not going to fail. Also, this is a different discussion I think your number is more likely, still not the point I was making And this is what I take issue with. You are basically saying might makes right. Forget about laws, morals, ethics, damage done to others, no, focus on the bottom line. If you are in favor of third parties, like you claim, then this cannot be your stance on the subject. I am not sure how much damage this will do to WotC. Not enough to kill D&D for sure. I do not think it does not cause any damage though and more importantly I see no reason for them to do it at all / an actual benefit. Heck, even if I saw them making more money that way, this still would not make it [B]right[/B]. They are violating a contract they signed because they think they can benefit from that and the ones they shove under the bus are too weak to fight back. I have no idea why you are ok with that while at the same time claiming you are for 3PPs I can see someone saying ‘yeah, sucks for the 3pps, but I do not use them, so do not care’, and while I do not like the stance, it at least is internally consistent. [/QUOTE]
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