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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6329838" data-attributes="member: 177">Your intent doesn't really change matters - you don't have to *intend* to violate copyright to do it.&nbsp; You don't have to *intend* to damage WotC, but that can be a result.&nbsp; Moreover, if there are third parties or freelancers who are working on agreements with WotC that you may be making difficult, should you succeed, they could be put in poor positions.&nbsp; Well, of course it didn't exist yet!&nbsp; You didn't exactly give them a whole lot of time, now did you?&nbsp; You pretty clearly had to be in motion before they had released anything at all. This particular defense, I gotta tell you, would have held more water if you'd waited to see if they were actually going to make some sort of useful license.&nbsp; It is.. a bit of fannish courtesy, I think, to at least give them a chance to have their plan come to fruition before you start mucking in on it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6329838, member: 177"] Your intent doesn't really change matters - you don't have to *intend* to violate copyright to do it. You don't have to *intend* to damage WotC, but that can be a result. Moreover, if there are third parties or freelancers who are working on agreements with WotC that you may be making difficult, should you succeed, they could be put in poor positions. Well, of course it didn't exist yet! You didn't exactly give them a whole lot of time, now did you? You pretty clearly had to be in motion before they had released anything at all. This particular defense, I gotta tell you, would have held more water if you'd waited to see if they were actually going to make some sort of useful license. It is.. a bit of fannish courtesy, I think, to at least give them a chance to have their plan come to fruition before you start mucking in on it. [/QUOTE]

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