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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8891584" data-attributes="member: 5948"><p>I'm just flat-out assuming that both are legally bound to silence (or at least very limited in what they can say) at this time. Presumably they are both under NDAs of some sort, it's pretty low-class of all the people I see on Twitter etc to be calling out Mercer etc for 'betrayal' or selling out with increasing stridency. I mean, the CR guys are literal business partners of WotC and have published several books with them, one of which was in the past year, besides their association with DnDBeyond. That sort of thing almost certainly comes with non-disparagement clauses etc. Paizo too will have signed the NDA, and tt's not like ALL Paizo people have been completely silent on the matter. Mona's made some comments, and so has the lawyer guy whose name i forget who helped draft the thing originally. They just have to be circumspect. Abusing someone when they don't comment on stuff they almost certainly can't legally comment on is just way over the top. Mercer's laid a few likes etc on twitter which makes his feelings pretty clear, a formal statement will come in time.</p><p></p><p>Remember that even Kobold Press, in their Black Flag announcement or anywhere else, have carefully said nothing directly about the leaked OGL whatsoever. They just announced Black Flag, said it was an open content set of core rules, and let everyone else draw their own conclusions. That's their way of giving their opinion on the OGL 1.1 terms without actually talking about it, because they have signed the NDA too. </p><p></p><p>Besides, everything is still very much in flux right now. Nobody knows which way Wizards are going to jump when their vaunted response drops and I've got no doubt that EVERYONE in the industry is trying to get in their ears about it, KP and MCDM etc are making and remaking their own OGL core projects in real time, and given the amount of burning bridges around the place right now, nobody's keen to set alight to any more by saying anything irreversible or unforgiveable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8891584, member: 5948"] I'm just flat-out assuming that both are legally bound to silence (or at least very limited in what they can say) at this time. Presumably they are both under NDAs of some sort, it's pretty low-class of all the people I see on Twitter etc to be calling out Mercer etc for 'betrayal' or selling out with increasing stridency. I mean, the CR guys are literal business partners of WotC and have published several books with them, one of which was in the past year, besides their association with DnDBeyond. That sort of thing almost certainly comes with non-disparagement clauses etc. Paizo too will have signed the NDA, and tt's not like ALL Paizo people have been completely silent on the matter. Mona's made some comments, and so has the lawyer guy whose name i forget who helped draft the thing originally. They just have to be circumspect. Abusing someone when they don't comment on stuff they almost certainly can't legally comment on is just way over the top. Mercer's laid a few likes etc on twitter which makes his feelings pretty clear, a formal statement will come in time. Remember that even Kobold Press, in their Black Flag announcement or anywhere else, have carefully said nothing directly about the leaked OGL whatsoever. They just announced Black Flag, said it was an open content set of core rules, and let everyone else draw their own conclusions. That's their way of giving their opinion on the OGL 1.1 terms without actually talking about it, because they have signed the NDA too. Besides, everything is still very much in flux right now. Nobody knows which way Wizards are going to jump when their vaunted response drops and I've got no doubt that EVERYONE in the industry is trying to get in their ears about it, KP and MCDM etc are making and remaking their own OGL core projects in real time, and given the amount of burning bridges around the place right now, nobody's keen to set alight to any more by saying anything irreversible or unforgiveable. [/QUOTE]
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