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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Velderan" data-source="post: 8924354" data-attributes="member: 7038056">I don't disagree with anything you've said here really, because life isn't fair and bad things happen. The thing is I think you've oversimplified things in your examples which leaves out some context, such as the FAQ WotC had posted for years saying people could just reject any changes and continue to use whatever license they like. All those examples you provided could have similar situations (landlord having a policy that isn't directly in the contract they won't raise rent, new job verbally promising at least 12 months of employment, widget company offering you first chance to buy, etc) and if it's not in the contract, you're absolutely right that they committed no crime but it doesn't mean an ethical issue isn't raised. Should all the tenants of that apartment building plan to leave when their leases are up? Should everyone at that company find new jobs in protest? Probably not because each person's morale compass is a little bit different.For the record since I haven't actually stated my position in this thread beyond arguing whether harm actually occurred, I don't think WotC should be boycotted and I don't think they should be commended. I think both customers and publishers should use all available information to determine for themselves what their business relationship with WotC should be. For me, it's certainly going to be buying less D&D stuff because I'm in the process of switching from a 5e campaign that's winding down to a PF2e campaign with plans to run a side <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177913/Faserip" target="_blank">FASERIP</a> series of one shots for fun (I can't plug that game enough, it looks like so much fun!). Maybe I'll finally convince my table to play some B/X for fun. If hypothetically I were a publisher, I think continuing to use the OGL 1.0a given the last few weeks events is foolish and I'd be paying attention to how ORC develops to compare that to what WotC put in CC to see if one of those works for my products.</blockquote>

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