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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 8901544" data-attributes="member: 463">I do think this was very well put. I'm going to try to at least mention this when I'm teaching Contract this semester. It's an easy thing for academics to overlook as we focus on the substantive law. We focus on the rights and obligations under the Contract; but the ability to trust the other party is often more valuable, than the rights/remedies you hold against them. For instance it's one reason why e-commerce/remote commerce is far more successful in high trust societies than in low trust societies. Many of my students come from low trust societies where the idea of giving a faraway someone money, and then trusting them to send you stuff, feels distinctly dodgy.WoTC's current position is that they are attempting to renege on the terms of their OGL 1.0 licence contract with existing parties. The licence gives those parties the right and obligation to licence the use of OGC, including WoTC SRD material. WoTC appears to be saying they can no longer do that. Which puts WoTC in breach of contract, afaict, although a court might construe the situation in some other way.&nbsp; But the most important immediate impact seems to be that WoTC is now &quot;not agreement capable&quot; in the eyes of other parties. You can't tust them to stick with a deal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 8901544, member: 463"] I do think this was very well put. I'm going to try to at least mention this when I'm teaching Contract this semester. It's an easy thing for academics to overlook as we focus on the substantive law. We focus on the rights and obligations under the Contract; but the ability to trust the other party is often more valuable, than the rights/remedies you hold against them. For instance it's one reason why e-commerce/remote commerce is far more successful in high trust societies than in low trust societies. Many of my students come from low trust societies where the idea of giving a faraway someone money, and then trusting them to send you stuff, feels distinctly dodgy. WoTC's current position is that they are attempting to renege on the terms of their OGL 1.0 licence contract with existing parties. The licence gives those parties the right and obligation to licence the use of OGC, including WoTC SRD material. WoTC appears to be saying they can no longer do that. Which puts WoTC in breach of contract, afaict, although a court might construe the situation in some other way. But the most important immediate impact seems to be that WoTC is now "not agreement capable" in the eyes of other parties. You can't tust them to stick with a deal. [/QUOTE]

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