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<blockquote data-quote="kbrennan" data-source="post: 1113750" data-attributes="member: 1438">The only thing I can think of was the stunt with the press release. Everything else Valar did simply exploited loopholes in the license that I remember being discussed on the OGL lists some time before all this happened. I don't think the sky is falling, and I imagine that most publishers will continue to use the d20 logo...but I do think this is a mistake on WotC's part, and I think it will force a lot of people to think carefully about using the d20 logo. While WotC has previously amended the license to prevent competition in certain areas (when they disallowed miniatures), that change was posted to the lists months before it was made. This is the first time a major change has been made without warning. The SRD changes don't really count; publishers have been pretty free to use material removed from the SRD if a product was well underway (we were allowed to include some non-OGC material in Mindshadows, for example. I don't get the sense that a similar courtesy will be allowed to Valar.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kbrennan, post: 1113750, member: 1438"] The only thing I can think of was the stunt with the press release. Everything else Valar did simply exploited loopholes in the license that I remember being discussed on the OGL lists some time before all this happened. I don't think the sky is falling, and I imagine that most publishers will continue to use the d20 logo...but I do think this is a mistake on WotC's part, and I think it will force a lot of people to think carefully about using the d20 logo. While WotC has previously amended the license to prevent competition in certain areas (when they disallowed miniatures), that change was posted to the lists months before it was made. This is the first time a major change has been made without warning. The SRD changes don't really count; publishers have been pretty free to use material removed from the SRD if a product was well underway (we were allowed to include some non-OGC material in [I]Mindshadows[/I], for example. I don't get the sense that a similar courtesy will be allowed to Valar. [/QUOTE]

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