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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9226951" data-attributes="member: 8461">This, right here, is why I don't see the release of the 5.1 SRD into the Creative Commons as any sort of win. To me, it looks like exactly this situation all over again.True, WotC doesn't own CC the way they do the OGL, but so what? There have been lots of lawsuits filed over how CC has been used, and if the salient factor in a lawsuit is who has more money (rather than who has the stronger argument), then it doesn't really matter how dubious of a pretext WotC would make if they were to announce that the CC 5.1 SRD is no longer &quot;authorized&quot; (or however they phrased it). You'd still need to fight them in court, and you'd still go bankrupt before you ever got to a definitive ruling (which could itself be appealed, at least in theory).The CC release of the 5.1 SRD is the illusion of a guarantee, and yet a lot of the gaming community seems to have failed their save to disbelieve.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 9226951, member: 8461"] This, right here, is why I don't see the release of the 5.1 SRD into the Creative Commons as any sort of win. To me, it looks like exactly this situation all over again. True, WotC doesn't own CC the way they do the OGL, but so what? There have been lots of lawsuits filed over how CC has been used, and if the salient factor in a lawsuit is who has more money (rather than who has the stronger argument), then it doesn't really matter how dubious of a pretext WotC would make if they were to announce that the CC 5.1 SRD is no longer "authorized" (or however they phrased it). You'd still need to fight them in court, and you'd still go bankrupt before you ever got to a definitive ruling (which could itself be appealed, at least in theory). The CC release of the 5.1 SRD is the illusion of a guarantee, and yet a lot of the gaming community seems to have failed their save to disbelieve. [/QUOTE]

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