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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 6329544" data-attributes="member: 6669048">Here's the deal...<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">There is no announcement of a SRD from Wizards of the Coast.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">There will be no announcement of any open content license until early 2015.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">They have not stated they will have a commercial open license, only for fan-created content.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The SRD linked in this thread was created by someone who took it upon himself to do so.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">He has no license from Wizards of the Coast.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">As rules mechanics cannot be copyrighted, it is possible to create an SRD.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">This person is copying rules presentation from the Basic D&amp;D game as his own, which is a violation of copyright.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">He is trying to claim copyright on material that cannot legally be copyrighted.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">He is attempting to license this to others and defining terms.</li>
</ol>It's seriously just a matter until Hasbro Legal sends him a C&amp;D, and that's if they're not flat out going to sue him. I guarantee if any material from the Starter Set or Player's Handbook shows up on there, they'll sue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 6329544, member: 6669048"] Here's the deal... [LIST=1] [*]There is no announcement of a SRD from Wizards of the Coast. [*]There will be no announcement of any open content license until early 2015. [*]They have not stated they will have a commercial open license, only for fan-created content. [*]The SRD linked in this thread was created by someone who took it upon himself to do so. [*]He has no license from Wizards of the Coast. [*]As rules mechanics cannot be copyrighted, it [I]is [/I]possible to create an SRD. [*]This person is copying rules presentation from the Basic D&D game as his own, which [I]is [/I]a violation of copyright. [*]He is trying to claim copyright on material that cannot legally be copyrighted. [*]He is attempting to license this to others and defining terms. [/LIST] It's seriously just a matter until Hasbro Legal sends him a C&D, and that's if they're not flat out going to sue him. I guarantee if any material from the Starter Set or Player's Handbook shows up on there, they'll sue. [/QUOTE]

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