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<blockquote data-quote="Lily Inverse" data-source="post: 288143" data-attributes="member: 4594">Actually people, there is one thing to keep in mind.&nbsp; WotC made an extremely risky move by writing the OGL in the first place, as it is based on the legally untested GNU licenses for open-source software.&nbsp; There's no guarantee that the OGL can hold up in court as-is.&nbsp; There is a chance, however slight, that the first time this license comes under legal attack the entire system of trusting the other guy to not break you will collapse.But that means that OGL is based entirely on trust.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the fact is is that OGL DOES self-replicate.&nbsp; The implication is that if you use OGC the OGL is attached to it.&nbsp; Thus, PCGen could actually constitute a huge threat to the D20 system as it exists today.&nbsp; But whether that risk is taken is entirely dependent on WotC.&nbsp; My opinion is they don't DARE try to shut the operation down, for fear that the empire they're building will come crashing down about their ears.I'm no lawyer, though.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lily Inverse, post: 288143, member: 4594"] Actually people, there is one thing to keep in mind. WotC made an extremely risky move by writing the OGL in the first place, as it is based on the legally untested GNU licenses for open-source software. There's no guarantee that the OGL can hold up in court as-is. There is a chance, however slight, that the first time this license comes under legal attack the entire system of trusting the other guy to not break you will collapse. But that means that OGL is based entirely on trust. Unfortunately, the fact is is that OGL DOES self-replicate. The implication is that if you use OGC the OGL is attached to it. Thus, PCGen could actually constitute a huge threat to the D20 system as it exists today. But whether that risk is taken is entirely dependent on WotC. My opinion is they don't DARE try to shut the operation down, for fear that the empire they're building will come crashing down about their ears. I'm no lawyer, though. :D [/QUOTE]

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