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<blockquote data-quote="Jerik" data-source="post: 8902474" data-attributes="member: 7039785">Oh, absolutely it's not a foregone conclusion; I didn't mean to imply it was.&nbsp; I just thought saying lawyers here were split on the matter was a little misleading when only one lawyer here had said it was revocable.&nbsp; (Though yes, even the lawyers who argued that it was irrevocable admitted that court cases were unpredictable and there were no guarantees.)I think Maxperson is partially right in that yes, a license that said it was irrevocable would probably be harder to get out of; I just think they're being a little too dogmatic in insisting WotC could never have tried this if that word were there.&nbsp; From what pemerton and others have been saying, WotC could still have come up with clever wording to try to weasel their way out of the license even if it said it was irrevocable; no matter what wording was in the contract, they could still construct an argument to get out of it.&nbsp; (Whether that argument would hold up in court is another matter altogether, but irrelevant if it never goes to court.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jerik, post: 8902474, member: 7039785"] Oh, absolutely it's not a foregone conclusion; I didn't mean to imply it was. I just thought saying lawyers here were split on the matter was a little misleading when only one lawyer here had said it was revocable. (Though yes, even the lawyers who argued that it was irrevocable admitted that court cases were unpredictable and there were no guarantees.) I think Maxperson is partially right in that yes, a license that said it was irrevocable would probably be [I]harder[/I] to get out of; I just think they're being a little too dogmatic in insisting WotC could never have tried this if that word were there. From what pemerton and others have been saying, WotC could still have come up with clever wording to try to weasel their way out of the license even if it said it was irrevocable; no matter what wording was in the contract, they could still construct an argument to get out of it. (Whether that argument would hold up in court is another matter altogether, but irrelevant if it never [I]goes[/I] to court.) [/QUOTE]

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