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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8900828" data-attributes="member: 6879661"><p>I get that. But it does make a difference to WotC. The right to own their own game is important to them, clearly. The thing is that there is nothing stopping folks publishing under the new license and therefore not losing their jobs aside from the idea of revocability.</p><p></p><p>My job isn’t irrevocable. Most peoples aren’t. In fact there’s a decent chance I could be out of a job in 6 months. People’s companies are subject to the vagaries of life and business. They’re restructured, supply and demand rises and falls and tastes change.. The idea that a person is entitled to permanent guarantees over their job in this world is a pipe dream. Where they do exist, someone has to usually pay through the nose for it.</p><p></p><p>So forgive me if I lack quite as much sympathy for folks that say, unless I can publish 5e products for ever, I’m not going to publish them at all. Yes WotC could revoke the deal under 1.2. Make sure it’s not in their interest not to. Instead of trying to force their hand and being outraged when they’re not happy to be forced.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 8900828, member: 6879661"] I get that. But it does make a difference to WotC. The right to own their own game is important to them, clearly. The thing is that there is nothing stopping folks publishing under the new license and therefore not losing their jobs aside from the idea of revocability. My job isn’t irrevocable. Most peoples aren’t. In fact there’s a decent chance I could be out of a job in 6 months. People’s companies are subject to the vagaries of life and business. They’re restructured, supply and demand rises and falls and tastes change.. The idea that a person is entitled to permanent guarantees over their job in this world is a pipe dream. Where they do exist, someone has to usually pay through the nose for it. So forgive me if I lack quite as much sympathy for folks that say, unless I can publish 5e products for ever, I’m not going to publish them at all. Yes WotC could revoke the deal under 1.2. Make sure it’s not in their interest not to. Instead of trying to force their hand and being outraged when they’re not happy to be forced. [/QUOTE]
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