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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8917773" data-attributes="member: 6879661">I would be saying differently if WotC wasn’t offering another free license in its place and seem willing to negotiate the terms of that license.Also I will never blame someone for using an NDA in a contract negotiation in the age of twitter-tube.WotC put forward a new license agreement and WotC asked some people to sign it. Those people said no then leaked it over the internet, and in the space of one week the 3pp community collectively went into nuclear meltdown attacking WotC directly and vociferously. “Burn it down” they said.WotC didn’t say tough luck we’re doing it anyway. They didn’t start sending out the C&D letters, or start suing.  WotC just said, ok, that clearly isn’t going to work - now what about this.Folks might claim that WotC would never have given better terms were it not for the twitter-storm but we’ll never know because it never even reached the deadline.I’m ok with all of this. Could they have handled it better, sure. They could have offered more generous terms. Yes. Then again it’s not the most sensible way of starting a negotiation. Could they have responded faster? Maybe but one week isn’t very long in a business with new leadership particularly over a contract negotiation. I suspect they were gearing decision-making to the January deadline and got sideswiped by the leak coming out of the blue. YouTubers don’t stick to the regular working week and indeed are paid to generate outrage. A regular business can’t compete with that.</blockquote>

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