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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 8883956" data-attributes="member: 14159"><p>I'm not even talking about commercial publishers.</p><p></p><p>Right now, today, if I wanted to make my own RPG that's derived from D&D 3.x, 5e, d20 Modern, and other OGL d20 variants, and just put it out there and post it online and share it, I can, as long as I follow the very generous terms of the OGL 1.0a.</p><p></p><p>If, big if, this leaked WotC OGL 1.1 is completely real and something they implement, that would be copyright infringement for me to do so (assuming the rescinding of OGL 1.0a is legally valid, which courts may rule on at some point).</p><p></p><p>If the OGL 1.0a is still valid, it wouldn't be.</p><p></p><p>This stomps on fans making and distributing their own D&D-related materials just as much as it does on commercial publications.</p><p></p><p>I remember <em>quite </em>well the 1990's "T$R" era, when fans were sent Cease & Desist letters simply for posting home-brew spells or monsters, or posting their homebrew campaign settings, because they referenced D&D IP elements in those postings. That's when I started gaming, and I was introduced to D&D by people who had a seething hatred of TSR because of the culture of fear and distrust that TSR created. The OGL is what silenced that and assured fans that wouldn't come back, that WotC wasn't interested in going after fans and instead supported fans making their own D&D content, as long as it was within some pretty generous terms.</p><p></p><p>. . .WotC is making just as much a threat at fans making homebrew and sharing it as they are with commercial publishers by rescinding the OGL 1.0a. While OGL 1.1 may be friendlier towards non-commercial fan productions, the very fact that OGL 1.1 says it can be rescinded at any time by WotC means it's really no license at all and cannot be trusted. . .since we've already seen WotC rescind (or try to rescind) a license that was even intended to not be able to be rescinded in the first place. You'd have to be a fool to ever use OGL 1.1, under any circumstance, even as a fan making a completely non-commercial production.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 8883956, member: 14159"] I'm not even talking about commercial publishers. Right now, today, if I wanted to make my own RPG that's derived from D&D 3.x, 5e, d20 Modern, and other OGL d20 variants, and just put it out there and post it online and share it, I can, as long as I follow the very generous terms of the OGL 1.0a. If, big if, this leaked WotC OGL 1.1 is completely real and something they implement, that would be copyright infringement for me to do so (assuming the rescinding of OGL 1.0a is legally valid, which courts may rule on at some point). If the OGL 1.0a is still valid, it wouldn't be. This stomps on fans making and distributing their own D&D-related materials just as much as it does on commercial publications. I remember [I]quite [/I]well the 1990's "T$R" era, when fans were sent Cease & Desist letters simply for posting home-brew spells or monsters, or posting their homebrew campaign settings, because they referenced D&D IP elements in those postings. That's when I started gaming, and I was introduced to D&D by people who had a seething hatred of TSR because of the culture of fear and distrust that TSR created. The OGL is what silenced that and assured fans that wouldn't come back, that WotC wasn't interested in going after fans and instead supported fans making their own D&D content, as long as it was within some pretty generous terms. . . .WotC is making just as much a threat at fans making homebrew and sharing it as they are with commercial publishers by rescinding the OGL 1.0a. While OGL 1.1 may be friendlier towards non-commercial fan productions, the very fact that OGL 1.1 says it can be rescinded at any time by WotC means it's really no license at all and cannot be trusted. . .since we've already seen WotC rescind (or try to rescind) a license that was even intended to not be able to be rescinded in the first place. You'd have to be a fool to ever use OGL 1.1, under any circumstance, even as a fan making a completely non-commercial production. [/QUOTE]
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