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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 8880313" data-attributes="member: 14159">I think it's more that some lawyer at WotC came up with the &quot;unauthorized&quot; concept as a way to try to rescind the OGL.It's pretty clear that the intention of the OGL was that it be permanent and irrevocable, even though WotC's probably wanted to rescind the OGL since circa 2008 when 4e came out.&nbsp; They didn't at the time because they believed they couldn't do it. . .but someone in the legal dept. probably saw that part of Section 9 and is trying to exploit the ambiguity in Section 9 about authorized versions of the OGL.&nbsp; Others have noted that a principle of contract law is that ambiguous terms are traditionally NOT interpreted in favor of the person who drafted the contract, so that's a heck of a stretch, so I suspect they may be counting on the unethical legal strategy of &quot;We're a huge company with deep pockets and can just hound smaller parties into bankruptcy through frivolous filings&quot;. . .which works right up until someone has the means to fight back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 8880313, member: 14159"] I think it's more that some lawyer at WotC came up with the "unauthorized" concept as a way to try to rescind the OGL. It's pretty clear that the intention of the OGL was that it be permanent and irrevocable, even though WotC's probably wanted to rescind the OGL since circa 2008 when 4e came out. They didn't at the time because they believed they couldn't do it. . .but someone in the legal dept. probably saw that part of Section 9 and is trying to exploit the ambiguity in Section 9 about authorized versions of the OGL. Others have noted that a principle of contract law is that ambiguous terms are traditionally NOT interpreted in favor of the person who drafted the contract, so that's a heck of a stretch, so I suspect they may be counting on the unethical legal strategy of "We're a huge company with deep pockets and can just hound smaller parties into bankruptcy through frivolous filings". . .which works right up until someone has the means to fight back. [/QUOTE]

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