Greg Benage
Legend
Does that mean if I publish anything under non-commercial, anyone can take it and publish it under commercial and benefit from that?
No, they can only use it under the same terms as you.
Does that mean if I publish anything under non-commercial, anyone can take it and publish it under commercial and benefit from that?
You're referring to this, aren't you? (XII.B of Commercial):It's cool, but then I'm still not clear what I was incorrect about. The commercial license most definitely isn't open: only Wizards decides who can use your stuff. I never suggested otherwise, I don't think.
Revenue... not profit... This is KEY - and horrible because that forces a price spiral upwards to cover the new costs associated with royalty payments and accounting overhead.But then, the revenue reporting and royalties only apply to people making over $50,000 and $750,000 respectively. Did any retroclone fall into that category until recently?
That's a strong claim. Those booksellers aren't and never were parties to any licence from WotC. The works they're selling are not pirated or otherwise unlawful copies of anything - they were all produced under licence.Plain and simple, most likely, over 50% of their RPG inventory will become illegal to sell.
That or an explosion in popularity of character sheet apps that allow you to make your own templates for any game so that you can weasel your way around the limitationsI suspect there’ll be a black market of character builders that are totally not for 1D&D, wink wink, nudge nudge. But that’s only my suspicion
No, it simply means there will be no new releases based on OGL 1.0a, everything out there stays legalIf this OGL 1.1 goes into effect, Expect a large number of Brick and Mortar Game Stores to become insolvent.
Plain and simple, most likely, over 50% of their RPG inventory will become illegal to sell.
Maybe, but I doubt it. I think they want anything and everything 5E pulled from the market and will use threat of suit to accomplish it.No, it simply means there will be no new releases based on OGL 1.0a, everything out there stays legal
At this point I think it is clear that is going to fail. They may remove a significant portion of 5E going forward but some publishers are going to continue to operate and publish. I believe Paizo has already said they are going to force WOTC to take them to court.Maybe, but I doubt it. I think they want anything and everything 5E pulled from the market and will use threat of suit to accomplish it.